Computer-designed Transmembrane Protein (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Computer-designed Transmembrane Protein

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This illustration shows how four copies of computer-designed transmembrane protein assembled to form a rocket-shaped tetramer with a wide cytoplasmic base that funnels into eight transmembrane helices and which orients correctly in membrane.

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University of Washington Institute for Protein Design

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