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Jul 2026
Molecular Mechanism of Lipid Recognition and Membrane-Guided Gating in Plant Minimal START Proteins
These findings establish plant minimal START proteins as bona fide lipid-binding proteins that utilize a bipartite ligand-binding mechanism coupled with membrane-responsive gating dynamics, collectively suggesting a membrane-guided gating mechanism for lipid exchange.
K. Kumari, Sanjeet Kumar Mahtha, Megha Parihar et al.
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