These include some obvious mechanical activities such as endocytosis, cell motility and membrane resealing, but also others, such as replication and transcription. Taking the motor proteins as an ...

Autophagy-related protein 8 (ATG8 ... endosomal-origin single-membrane vesicles, both LC3 and GABARAP proteins may play essential roles in these pathways. The precise roles of these proteins, ...

Transporters are integral-membrane proteins that form a pore within the plasma membrane to allow ... by either facilitated diffusion or active transport.

Protein translocation is an essential, nano-scale dynamic process that facilitates the movement of proteins across cellular ...

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

By analyzing E. coli protein levels, scientists found a surplus of membrane shuttle proteins that may play a role in antibiotic resistance.

Endosomal recycling is a branch of intracellular membrane trafficking that retrieves endocytosed cargo proteins from early and late endosomes to prevent their degradatio ...

This important study identifies a new key factor in orchestrating the process of glial wrapping of axons in Drosophila wandering larvae. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is convincing ...

The bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay has been widely used to examine interactions between integral and peripheral proteins within putative plasma membrane (PM) microdomains. In ...

Molecular communications in the bloodstream is a promising area of research, since the bloodstream has the ability to ...

Protein is kind of the It Girl of nutrients right now. It's the macro that's good at everything: building muscle, supporting immune function, sustaining energy levels, shoring up bone health, and ...

Scientists in China on a quest to build a nuclear fusion reactor capable of producing unlimited, low-cost energy have achieved a sustained plasma temperature exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius ...