Summary

Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have—in collaboration with colleagues from Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich—analyzed the complex biochemical processes that bacteria use to insert proteins into their cell membranes. They explain that—contrary to prior assumptions—there are more similarities between the processes in bacteria and higher cells than previously thought. The cell membrane contains a large number of proteins, which perform a wide variety of functions. Some serve as transport channels, specifically guiding substances into the cell or carrying cellular products out of it.

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