Cell-Free Synthesis (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Cell-Free Synthesis

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Diagram of the in vitro synthesis of a membrane protein and its subsequent insertion into an artificial membrane. The artificial membrane consists of two lipid layers and its structure resembles that of a cell membrane. In the (simplified) diagram, the ribosomes of the cell-free extract insert the assembled amino acid chains directly into the artificial membrane, just as they would insert them into a natural cell membrane in a real cell.

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Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

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