either at the surface or on intracellular organelles. Integral membrane proteins such as receptors and ion channels span the membrane. Peripheral membrane proteins, for example some signalling ...

A review discussing the therapeutic potentials of NK cell biology has been published in the journal Frontiers of Medicine.

Like all membrane proteins, they must be solubilized ... of seven transmembrane helices connected by extra- and intracellular loops. The receptor fold is very similar to that of rhodopsin in ...

Bitter taste receptor has hidden intracellular pocket that enables activation via simultaneous extracellular/intracellular ...

"Tasting Upside-Down - An Unusual Sensing Mechanism was Found in Human Bitter Sensing" A new study revealed that some bitter ...

Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in the innate immune response to cancer and viral infections, and their ...