Study Reveals Unusual Structure of Cellular Transport Nanocage

Study Reveals Unusual Structure of Cellular Transport Nanocage

A new study by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has revealed for the first time the structure of Sec13/31, a “nanocage” that transports a large body of proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which makes up more than half the total internal cell membrane, to other regions of the cell.