PLA2 proteins normally
wedge themselves into cell membranes.
But they altered the DNA for making the guide proteins, clipping off the portion that
wedges into the cell membrane.
It's also a size of many biologically important proteins, such as proteins
wedged into cell membranes, which are difficult to crystallize.
Not exact matches
SAN FRANCISCO — Among the most important molecules in biology are proteins that
wedge themselves
into the fatty
membranes surrounding
cells.
Unlike the common Delta F508 mutation, the G551D mutation yielded a protein that could reach the
cell surface and
wedge itself
into the
membrane, but it suffered from the door - jamming problem: Chloride still could not flow in and out.