When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...

Dynamin is a protein that plays a central role in endocytosis—the process where cells internalize substances by wrapping them ...

Membrane proteins are key targets for many drugs. They are located between the outside and inside of our cells. Some of them, called 'transporters', move certain substances in and out of the cellular ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

The plasma membrane is what isolates the cell’s interior from its surroundings. It is made up of a lipid bilayer and other macromolecules, such as carbohydrates, glycoproteins, and membrane proteins, ...

By understanding the structure and function of NBCn1, the study provides a blueprint for designing drugs that could potentially block this transporter and disrupt the internal chemical balance that ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...

Computer simulations revealed the detailed mechanism of how the protein "dynamin" works to form small vesicles within cells.While dynamin uses GTP ...

The research group used cryo-electron microscopy to reconstruct the transport complex within the cell membrane of the bacterium and identify how export processes across the membrane occur.