peripheral membrane protein
- peripheral membrane protein
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Membrane proteins that are bound to the surface of the
membrane and not integrated into the hydrophobic region. Usually soluble and were originally thought to bind to integral proteins by ionic and other weak forces (and could therefore be removed by high ionic strength, for example). However, it is now clear that some peripheral
membrane proteins are covalently linked to molecules that are part of the
membrane bilayer (see
glypiation), and that there are others that fit the original definition but are perhaps more appropriately considered proteins of the
cytoskeleton (eg. Band 4.1 and
spectrin) or
extracellular matrix (eg.
fibronectin).
Dictionary of molecular biology.
2004.
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