Research team uncovers shape of transmembrane protein partly responsible for antibiotic resistance

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Tokyo have uncovered the physical layout of a transmembrane protein that the tiny organism Archaea relies on to keep toxins out of its cells. The protein, the team explains in their paper published in the journal Nature, is also believed to be responsible for preventing the porting of therapeutic drugs into the cell body, stopping their usefulness.