EHD Proteins Bind to the Surface of the Membrane (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

EHD Proteins Bind to the Surface of the Membrane

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The EHDs present in the cell are in an inhibited state (top left). Once the proteins bind to the membrane, they change to an active state and build chains that can deform the membrane and stabilize tubular deformations, as shown on top.

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Image: Arthur Alves de Melo, MDC

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