The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

Small hydrophobic molecules and gases like ... the electron transport chain and help generate energy for the cell. The double membrane enclosures of mitochondria and chloroplasts are similar ...

Membrane proteins are proteins found in cell membranes ... glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) or a hydrophobic protein patch. Gasdermin D and gasdermin A3 are pore-forming proteins and executors ...

"A charge zipper between the charged side chains is an entirely unexpected mechanism used by membrane proteins to neutralize their charges such that they can be immersed into hydrophobic cell ...

For instance, their detergent-like behavior can induce cell membrane damage ... different from the one observed in the ...

As the transmembrane portion of multi-pass TPs is known to be highly hydrophobic, it is challenging to keep it in the right conformation once it has been removed from the cell membrane in standard ...