{"id":113381,"date":"2020-09-24T07:22:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/novel-cell-membrane-model-could-be-key-to-uncovering-new-protein-properties"},"modified":"2020-09-24T07:22:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T14:22:19","slug":"novel-cell-membrane-model-could-be-key-to-uncovering-new-protein-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/novel-cell-membrane-model-could-be-key-to-uncovering-new-protein-properties","title":{"rendered":"Novel cell membrane model could be key to uncovering new protein properties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/novel-cell-membrane-model-could-be-key-to-uncovering-new-protein-properties2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cell membrane, the wall-like boundary between the cell interior and its outside environment, is primarily made up of two kinds of biomolecules: lipids and proteins. Different lipid species closely pack together to form a double layer, or \u201cbilayer,\u201d the membrane\u2019s fundamental structure, while proteins are embedded within or attached to the bilayer.<\/p>\n<p>Membrane proteins are responsible for various important cellular activities, and their dysfunction can lead to serious health issues. Studying <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/membrane\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">membrane<\/a> protein structures and how they behave will help scientists better understand their connection to diseases and aid in developing therapeutics.<\/p>\n<p>A team of researchers led by Vanderbilt University has recently shed light on how membrane proteins could be influenced by the lipids around them. By developing a novel type of membrane model, the scientists were able to show that the shape and behavior of a protein can be altered by exposure to different <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/lipid\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">lipid<\/a> compositions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cell membrane, the wall-like boundary between the cell interior and its outside environment, is primarily made up of two kinds of biomolecules: lipids and proteins. Different lipid species closely pack together to form a double layer, or \u201cbilayer,\u201d the membrane\u2019s fundamental structure, while proteins are embedded within or attached to the bilayer. Membrane proteins [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":589,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/589"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}