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PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 1(3) December 2003

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Structure of the water-selective aquaporin AqpZ.

The cover depicts the structure of the newly-discovered, water-selective aquaporin AqpZ. Five water molecules are seen in the channel defining the conductance pathway. The painting represents a merging of science and mythology in which AqpZ traverses a membrane "sea" between the cytoplasmic underworld and an approaching rainstorm. (See Savage, et al.)

Image Credit: Painting by Julie Newdoll, www.brushwithscience.com. Ribbons created with PyMOL software

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Structure of the water-selective aquaporin AqpZ.

The cover depicts the structure of the newly-discovered, water-selective aquaporin AqpZ. Five water molecules are seen in the channel defining the conductance pathway. The painting represents a merging of science and mythology in which AqpZ traverses a membrane "sea" between the cytoplasmic underworld and an approaching rainstorm. (See Savage, et al.)

Image Credit: Painting by Julie Newdoll, www.brushwithscience.com. Ribbons created with PyMOL software

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v01.i03.g001