In this diagram of G-protein-coupled receptor activation, the alpha, beta, and gamma subunits are shown with distinct relationships to the plasma membrane. After exchange of GDP with GTP on the ...

A plasma membrane is permeable to specific molecules that a cell needs. Transport proteins in the cell membrane allow for selective passage of specific molecules from the external environment.

Oregon Health & Science University, in collaboration with Oregon State University, has discovered the structural organization ...

Current neuroscience research on plasma membranes mainly focuses on proteins functionality, stability and compartmentalization and rarely ... This radical new way of the regulation of chloride ...

They aimed to understand how proteins and lipids work together to create a functional zone within the plasma membrane that responds to mechanical stress. Image Credit: ART-ur/Shutterstock.com The ...

Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways that can be used to modify cell behavior. This has been demonstrated in a study led by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute and published in Nature ...

He particularly questioned the role of the endomembrane system, a network of membranous structures within the cell involved in protein processing and transport, in trafficking SNX33 to specific plasma ...

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Researchers investigated the quantities of thousands of muscle proteins and found a possible new explanation for muscle memory. A study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the ...

Evidence suggests that in Parkinson’s disease, a breakdown in lysosomal function allows lipids to build up within cells. Variants of the GBA1 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic PD, ...

which lack a membrane boundary. They have designated them as important for understanding cell biology and origins of disease. Rutgers scientists have zeroed in on those microscopic blobs of ...