Click for newsfeedLevels of cholesterol in the membranes of hair cells in the inner ear can affect your hearing according to an article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
What is the cholesterol hearing test?
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Levels of cholesterol in the membranes of hair cells in the inner ear can affect your hearing according to an article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
What is the cholesterol hearing test?
A detailed structure of a potassium ion channel protein has been obtained by a Nobel team in the US. The structure shows the channel in a more natural state, revealing how attendant lipid molecules within the cell membrane influence channel function by their interaction with the proteinaceous Mickey Mouse ears that protrude from the protein into the lipid layer and act as a voltage sensor.
Read about the Mickey Mouse protein here.