Located at the cellular interface, membrane proteins play critical regulatory roles in the signaling between a cell and its interacting environment, making them popular and ideal drug targets.

Cell membranes are the boundaries of living cells. They are made up of amphiphilic lipids, cholesterol, and membrane proteins arranged in a dynamic bilayer. They regulate signal transduction, ...

Researchers in Bochum have discovered a control mechanism that may also operate beyond plants. Proteins carrying a "tail anchor" must be inserted into the ER membrane before they can fulfill their ...

Liang-Cui Chu, Jan Niklas Offenborn, Leonie Steinhorst, Xu Na Wu, Lin Xi, Zhi Li, Aurore Jacquot, Laurence Lejay, Jörg Kudla and Waltraud X. Schulze • The collective function of calcineurin B-like ...