Researchers achieve a full film frame of a family of proteins essential for cell function

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:01 in Biology & Nature

Spanish researchers at IRB Barcelona have completed the 3D structural sequence adopted by several essential proteins in the exchange of substances between the extra and intracellular milieu. This finding provides a global perspective of the structural changes that occur in these relevant proteins during basic cell processes, such as protein synthesis, the regulation of metabolism and cell volume, and nerve transmission.

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