PEX39 Saves The Day, Finally Helping Proteins Find Their Way Home #ScienceBreakthrough #TotallyNotMadeUp #PEX39 #CellularDrama #ProteinPortals By: TheJestPress.com **BREAKING: Scientists Discover PEX39, the TSA Agent of Cellular Proteins** In what many bio-nerds are calling the “greatest cellular import scandal since the discovery of the mitochondria’s frequent flyer program,” a superstar protein known as PEX39 has been identified as the key facilitator for importing PTS2-containing proteins into peroxisomes. For those readers who thought PEX was just a fancy new cryptocurrency—think again!

PEX39 Saves The Day, Finally Helping Proteins Find Their Way Home

#ScienceBreakthrough #TotallyNotMadeUp #PEX39 #CellularDrama #ProteinPortals By: TheJestPress.com **BREAKING: Scientists Discover PEX39, the TSA Agent of Cellular Proteins** In what many bio-nerds are calling the “greatest cellular…

Like a relay racer: The protein PEX39 (purple) carries enzymes (yellow) like a baton to the peroxisomes. There, the cargo is transported through the membrane by another PEX protein. (Image: Daniel Wendscheck / University of Würzburg)

#Biochemistry: #PEX39, a newly discovered #peroxin protein, transports enzymes into #peroxisomes like a relay racer. New paper @natcellbio.nature.com – congratulations to @dwendscheck.bsky.social @warscheidlab.bsky.social et al!
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