Synapse (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Synapse

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Biophysicists have visualized a nearly complete transport cycle of the mammalian glutamate transporter homologue from archaea. They confirmed that the transport mechanism resembles that of an elevator: A 'door' opens, ions and substrate molecules come in, the door closes, and they travel through the membrane.

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Anastasia Vlasova/MIPT Press Office

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