Enzyme warps space to break the cell's speed limit
Friday, February 1, 2019 - 12:40
in Biology & Nature
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that rhomboid enzymes, which are special proteins that cut other proteins, are able to break the "cellular speed limit" as they move through the cell membrane. Rhomboid enzymes do this by warping their surroundings, letting them glide quickly from one end of the membrane to another.