The Center for Structures of Membrane Proteins
(CSMP) provides atomic structure determination for membrane
proteins including both bacterial and human membrane proteins.
Human membrane proteins encode the targets for ~40% of all therapeutic
drugs in use today, and yet there is not yet any understanding
of the mechanisms, and atomic interactions of any one of these.
Many of the human protein structures sought have therapeutic importance.
Therefore the structures will provide an atomic level template
for drug design/discovery.
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