Most of us rely heavily on shipping services like FedEx or UPS to ensure we receive the correct packages. If that system was ...

Matching up positive and negative charges on two of its subunits may allow the TatA membrane transporter to penetrate the lipid bilayer. On March 7, researchers will rally in Washington, D.C. and ...

Researchers explore how natural compounds in traditional Chinese medicine can modulate cholesterol metabolism to combat ...

Here, Dobert et al. leveraged cryo-EM to solve the protein structure of the enzyme in complex with its lysosomal transporter LIMP-2. XPR1, a phosphate exporter, plays a vital role in maintaining ...

The targeting of transport vesicles to the correct membrane destination involves a much larger set of proteins than anticipated and several layers of protein–protein interactions. The process of ...

This takes place when molecules diffuse across the cell membrane by travelling through specific transport proteins. It occurs down a concentration gradient - molecules move from an area of high to ...