FEX

Chia-Yu Kang1, Minjun An2, Sahar Heidari3

  • 1Program in Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Nature communications
|December 11, 2025
PubMed
概括

生命通过使用FEX (出口) 蛋白质对有毒化物产生了耐药性,这些蛋白质充当选择性化物通道. 一项结构研究揭示了氨酸层孔和依赖的化物运输机制.

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