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<tr><td><div class="scrolling">'''You Are What You Eat!'''<br> | <tr><td><div class="scrolling">'''You Are What You Eat!'''<br> | ||
Above is | Above is an integral membrane protein that takes up, into your intestinal cells, orally consumed peptide nutrients and drugs. | ||
Its lumen-face opens and binds | Its lumen-face (top) opens and binds | ||
peptide or drug (solid object in the center), | peptide or drug (solid object in the center), | ||
then closes, while its cytoplasmic face opens to release its cargo | then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (bottom) opens to release its cargo | ||
into the intestinal cell, which from there enters the blood circulation. | into the intestinal cell, which from there enters the blood circulation. | ||