The band 3-ankyrin multiprotein complex comes in from the cold

Two new papers describe the successful purification of the partially intact human native red blood cell band 3 multiprotein membrane complexes, providing information that the authors then use to capture the structures and interactions of multiple erythrocyte proteins using high-resolution cryo-EM.

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Two new papers discuss the successful purification of partially intact human native red blood cell band 3 multiprotein membrane complexes and subsequent examination of the structures and interactions of multiple erythrocyte proteins using high-resolution cryo-EM.