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Some membrane proteins that have been recently studied by molecular dynamics, presented against a lipid bilayer background. From left to right: bacteriorhodopsin, the K+ channel KcsA, the aquaporin GlpF, the porin OmpF, and the mechanosensitive channel MscS.