Getting a Reaction (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Getting a Reaction

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An enzyme responsible for a crucial step in the production of cholesterol has ten segments that span the cell membrane in which it is embedded. These contain two pockets the enzyme uses to bring the reactants together.

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Laboratory of Cell Biology at The Rockefeller University/<i>Nature</i>

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