Scientists at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) have uncovered new details about how cells manage the distribution of lipids in their cell membrane ...

A team has developed segments of DNA that act as a cell membrane channel and selectively transport ions, proteins and other cargo. ... et al. A reversibly gated protein-transporting membrane channel ...

A reversibly gated protein-transporting membrane channel made of DNA. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) ... Artificial cell membrane channels composed of DNA can be opened and locked with a key ...

The cell membrane is a specialized environment, home to a variety of proteins that enable the cell to interact with its environment. One specific family of proteins, voltage-gated channels, are ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

The roadway is in aquaporins, a class of proteins that form trans-membrane channels in cell walls in all forms of life. They allow for water movement between the cell and its environment.

Membrane proteins are proteins found in cell membranes, either at the surface or on intracellular organelles. Integral membrane proteins such as receptors and ion channels span the membrane ...

The cell membrane forms a barrier for the negatively charged chloride, ... They want to find out in which cell the channel protein is expressed and where exactly it is localized within the cells.

Engineering Biologics toward Challenging Membrane Protein Targets. ... Isolated Fabs bound with high affinity to conformational epitopes present on the native ion channel in cell membranes.

Chemistry Nobel Awarded for Work with Cell Membrane Channels. By Sarah Graham. ... left) determined that a protein isolated from cell membranes in the late 1980s is the key to this process.

TRPML1 is a protein channel that ferries metal ions, including iron, zinc and calcium, across the lysosome membrane and into the cell.

The DNA constructions behave much in the manner of natural cell channels or pores, offering selective transport of ions, proteins, and other cargo, with enhanced features unavailable in their ...