Bacterial Porin
Copper, Steel, Wenge Wood -12"x12"x24"
2012 - Currently at Hutchinson Cancer Institute, Seattle
The boundary of cellular life, which delineates the living chemistry from its surroundings, was among the most important fundamental inventions of evolution eons ago. Protein channels span these molecular castle walls and regulate the diffusional traffic of molecules trying to enter or leave the cell. One class of these molecular gatekeepers are the Porins.