Novel synthetic proteins rival their natural counterparts in proton transport
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 07:50
in Biology & Nature
Biological membranes, such as the "walls" of most types of living cells, primarily consist of a double layer of lipids, or "lipid bilayer," that forms the structure, and a variety of embedded and attached proteins with highly specialized functions, including proteins that rapidly and selectively transport ions and molecules in and out of the cell.