Transport proteins are responsible for the ongoing movement of substrates into and out of a biological cell. However, it is difficult to determine which substrates a specific protein can transport.

More information: Sam W. Henderson et al, Protein Structural Modeling and Transport Thermodynamics Reveal That Plant Cation–Chloride Cotransporters Mediate Potassium–Chloride Symport ...

The Golgi apparatus is central to the transport and modification of proteins in eukaryotic cells. Typically textbooks illustrate the Golgi as resembling a stack of pita bread. However, this ...

A new model shows how this can lead to gridlock, even when there is still plenty of empty space. ... Biophysics: Pile-ups in protein transport Date: September 12, 2018 Source: ...

According to a new theoretical model, ... The quickest route to the tip for protein transport. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 16, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 03 / 170327114258.htm.

Uncovering the relationship between transport proteins and brain disease. ... combined biochemistry, biophysics, imaging, and AI-based computational modeling to demonstrate the protein interactions.

Something very similar can happen during active protein transport in cells when molecular motors with ... The authors describe a newly developed model that captures the collective behavior of two ...

Many neurodegenerative diseases spread by hijacking the brain's connective circuitry to transport toxic proteins, which gradually accumulate and trigger symptoms of dementias. Now, researchers at ...

Now a Korean-Swiss research team under the co-leadership of plant physiologists at the University of Zurich identified a protein that regulates calcium transport in the plant root and up to the shoot.

Citrate is essential for the metabolism and development of neurons. A membrane transport protein called SLC13A5 plays a ...