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Cryo-EM imaging reveals how a molecular gate lets bulky proteins pass cell membranes intact
- June 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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How large, fully folded proteins can pass through cell membranes without destroying them has long been one of the open questions in cell biology. Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), Leonid Sazanov and Ziyu Zhao at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have now uncovered new details about a molecular "gate." Their findings were published in Molecular Cell.
Originally published at Phys.org