Researchers discover giant pores in the membrane of the cell organelles

Researchers have discovered a second giant pore for the transport of folded proteins in certain cell organelles, i.e. peroxisomes. Five years ago, the group already described the first giant pore. The team headed by Prof Dr Ralf Erdmann from the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum published the findings in the journal Cell Reports together with colleagues from Osnabrück, Bremen and Göttingen.

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