The page provides an in-depth exploration of pore proteins and pore-forming proteins (PFPs), highlighting their roles in facilitating diffusion across membranes. It covers various types of pore protei...The page provides an in-depth exploration of pore proteins and pore-forming proteins (PFPs), highlighting their roles in facilitating diffusion across membranes. It covers various types of pore proteins including porins, voltage-dependent ion channels, mechanosensitive ion channels, and nuclear pore complexes.
Figure \PageIndex3: Diagram of possible lipid arrangements at the edge of a pore through a lipid bilayer. (above) In the absence of any rearrangement, the pore walls will be hydrophobic since th...Figure \PageIndex3: Diagram of possible lipid arrangements at the edge of a pore through a lipid bilayer. (above) In the absence of any rearrangement, the pore walls will be hydrophobic since the alkane tails are exposed. (below) Some researchers believe that the lipids at the edge re-orient to line the pore wall with hydrophilic head groups.
Figure \PageIndex3: Diagram of possible lipid arrangements at the edge of a pore through a lipid bilayer. (above) In the absence of any rearrangement, the pore walls will be hydrophobic since th...Figure \PageIndex3: Diagram of possible lipid arrangements at the edge of a pore through a lipid bilayer. (above) In the absence of any rearrangement, the pore walls will be hydrophobic since the alkane tails are exposed. (below) Some researchers believe that the lipids at the edge re-orient to line the pore wall with hydrophilic head groups.
