Bacterial membranes consist of proteins that are ... are required to optimize membrane function. However, bacteria are often subjected to abrupt changes, for example in temperature and organic ...

Sören Brandenburg have identified a protein that plays a central role ... Cardiomyocytes consist of a complex membrane system that is subjected to high mechanical stress during heart muscle ...

Scientists have unveiled a new tool for studying the highly variable traits that allow malaria parasites to stick to red ...

For example, plants need boron, which is taken into the cells by molecules known as the boric acid channel. But how do the proteins that form the channel make it to the plasma membrane?

Researchers from the NeuroEngineering Laboratory at the University of Liège have revealed a fascinating brain mechanism: The ...

A new approach for identifying new cellular RNA targets of snoRNAs uncovered thousands of previously unknown targets ...

Notably, however, a double exchange replacing the two positively charged lysine residues in the MTS with polar serine residues (K4S-K7S) strongly increased the fraction of delocalized protein (Figure ...

In addition to proteins that are water-soluble, sea lettuce also contains plenty of fat-soluble so-called membrane proteins.