Role of the lid hydrophobicity pattern in pancreatic lipase activity.

Pancreatic lipase is a soluble globular protein that must undergo structural modifications before it can hydrolyze oil droplets coated with bile salts. The binding of colipase and movement of the lipase lid open access to the active site. Mechanisms triggering lid mobility are unclear.

Insertion of X-ray structures of proteins in membranes.

Few structures of membrane proteins are known and their relationships with the membrane are unclear. In a previous report, 20 X-ray structures of transmembrane proteins were analyzed in silico for their orientation in a 36A-thick membrane [J. Mol.