Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany.
Network Aging Research, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
PLoS Biol. 2022 Mar 2;20(3):e3001558. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001558. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Membrane proteins require protein machineries to insert their hydrophobic transmembrane domains (TMDs) into the lipid bilayer. A functional analysis of protein insertases in this issue of PLOS Biology reveals that the fundamental mechanism of membrane protein insertion is universally conserved.
膜蛋白需要蛋白质机器将其疏水性跨膜结构域(TMD)插入脂质双层中。本期《PLOS 生物学》中的一项蛋白质插入酶功能分析揭示,膜蛋白插入的基本机制具有普遍性。