Proteopedia:Featured EDU/8
From Proteopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
Above is an integral membrane protein that takes up, into your intestinal cells, orally consumed peptide nutrients and drugs. | Above is an integral membrane protein that takes up, into your intestinal cells, orally consumed peptide nutrients and drugs. | ||
Its lumen-face (top) opens and binds | Its lumen-face (top) opens and binds | ||
| - | peptide or drug (solid object in the center), | + | peptide or drug (small solid object in the center), |
then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (bottom) opens to release its cargo | then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (bottom) opens to release its cargo | ||
into the intestinal cell, which from there enters the blood circulation. | into the intestinal cell, which from there enters the blood circulation. | ||
Revision as of 01:09, 7 December 2024
  |
You Are What You Eat!
Above is an integral membrane protein that takes up, into your intestinal cells, orally consumed peptide nutrients and drugs. Its lumen-face (top) opens and binds peptide or drug (small solid object in the center), then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (bottom) opens to release its cargo into the intestinal cell, which from there enters the blood circulation. |
