Synthetic proteins help solve structure of the fluoride ion channel. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 09 / 150907113803.htm ...

Newly synthesized proteins are targeted to the SecY protein-conducting channel for translocation across the membrane; here, cryo-electron microscopy structures of inactive and active ribosome ...

A member of an important class of ion channel proteins can transiently rearrange itself into a larger structure with dramatically altered properties, according to a study led by researchers at ...

The protein forms an ion channel that opens in response to sound, causing electrical impulses that communicate the pitch, ... the structure of the protein suggests that it may play another role.

In a technical tour de force, UCSF scientists have determined, at near-atomic resolution, the structure of a protein that plays a central role in the perception of pain and heat. Skip to main content ...

Atomic-level studies of the architecture of tiny sodium channel proteins, critical to generating electrical signals that start off each beat of the heart, are imparting striking details about ...

Most proteins are secreted from bacteria by the interaction of the cytoplasmic SecA ATPase with a membrane channel, formed by the heterotrimeric SecY complex. Here we report the crystal structure ...

Learn how cell-free protein synthesis helps researchers overcome the challenges of traditional membrane protein production ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have mapped the complete structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel, proteins in the membrane of cells that play an important role in many diseases. The findings ...

Protein structure offers clues to drug-resistance mechanism ... The EmrE channel is believed to transport many different toxic compounds, ...

The structure showed that the protein forms a channel in the membrane that is 2 nanometers (billionth meter) long and 0.3 nanometers wide, just large enough for water molecules to fit through ...

Expanding the protein universe . Decades of slow-going experiments have revealed the structure of more than 194,000 proteins, all housed in the Protein Data Bank.