Don't Get Solubilised

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Don't Get Solubilised

Catch solutes and ions with your hands or head and carry them through to the cytoplasm. Helpful lipids drift in through the bilayer, so slide over and grab them before they drift away. Baddies cling to your legs. Ten bound and you're solubilised.

Catch from above

SoluteCarry it through, +10

IonNa⁺ or Cl⁻, carry it through, +5

NanodiscShield for 10 s

Binding proteinDocks on your head and snaps up solutes and ions for 8 s

Grab in the membrane

CholesterolBoth leaflets. Diffuse faster for 5 s

PIP₂Lower leaflet. Unplugs a drug, knocks off 2 baddies

GM3Upper leaflet. Double points for 8 s

Dodge

DetergentLevel 2. Bites your legs, +1

DrugLevel 5. Plugs your pore for 10 s

AmphipolLevel 6. Wraps you, +2, slows you

SMALevel 7. Belts you, +3, cuts holes

Difficulty

EasyA gentle startBest 0

MediumFaster and busierBest 0

HardEvery baddie by level 4Best 0

← → or A D, mouse, or drag. P pauses.

Paused

Mr Membrane Protein is waiting in the bilayer.

or press P