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peptide or drug (small 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]] >>> | ||
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You Are What You Eat!
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 peptide or drug (small solid object in the center), then closes, while its cytoplasmic face (bottom) opens to release its cargo into the intestinal cell, which passes it on to the blood circulation. |