Previous crystal structures of membrane-spanning enzymes called ATPases have revealed that the enzymes undergo complex movements. The movements, it now emerges, involve rocking in place in the membrane. See Article p.193
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Sweadner, K. An ion-transport enzyme that rocks. Nature 545, 162–164 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22492
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