Membrane proteins: adapting to life at the interface.
A recent publication by Cravatt and colleagues which describes the structure of an integral membrane protein (FAAH) highlights that the structural differences between membrane proteins and soluble proteins are not as disparate as is sometimes believed.
Hurley
James H
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Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20890, USA.
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