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Above is an integral membrane protein that takes up, into your intestinal cells, orally consumed peptide nutrients and drugs. | Above is an integral membrane protein that takes up, into your intestinal cells, orally consumed peptide nutrients and drugs. | ||
Its lumen-face (top) opens and binds | Its lumen-face (top) opens and binds | ||
peptide or drug (solid object in the center), | peptide or drug (small solid object in the center), | ||
then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (bottom) opens to release its cargo | then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (bottom) opens to release its cargo | ||
into the intestinal cell, which | into the intestinal cell, which passes it on to the blood circulation. | ||
>>> [[Drug and peptide transport in humans|See more animations and explanation]] >>> | >>> [[Drug and peptide transport in humans|See more animations and explanation]] >>> | ||