Membrane proteins: Aquaporins--channels without ions.
Recently determined structures have shed new light on the way that aquaporins act as passive, but selective, pores for the transport of small molecules--such as water or glycerol--across membranes.
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Oxford, The Rex Richards Building, South Parks Road, OX1 3QU, Oxford, UK. mark@biop.ox.ac.uk
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D020346:Aquaporins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding
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