Page 95 - The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

forming particular gaps in the cell membrane that are
always open.
Protein channels are accepted to be the waterways in
the interior of protein molecules. Using these channels,
some substances to be taken into the cell can easily pass
from one side of the cell membrane to the other. Protein
channels can be distinguished by two important proper-
ties: They are generally selective and permeable to spe-
cific substances, and most channels open and close with
gates (whose features we shall be examining in due
course).