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A common evolutionary origin reveals fundamental principles of protein insertases

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Membrane proteins require protein machineries to insert their hydrophobic transmembrane domains (TMDs) into the lipid bilayer. A functional analysis of protein insertases in this issue of PLOS Biology reveals that… Click to show full abstract

Membrane proteins require protein machineries to insert their hydrophobic transmembrane domains (TMDs) into the lipid bilayer. A functional analysis of protein insertases in this issue of PLOS Biology reveals that the fundamental mechanism of membrane protein insertion is universally conserved.

Keywords: reveals fundamental; common evolutionary; protein insertases; origin reveals; biology; evolutionary origin

Journal Title: PLoS Biology
Year Published: 2022

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