Three mechanisms by which membrane-binding proteins bend a membrane are illustrated in Figure Q10–2A, B, and C. As shown, each of these cytosolic membrane- bending proteins would induce an invagination of the plasma membrane. Could similar kinds of cytosolic proteins induce a protrusion of the plasma membrane (Figure Q10–2D)? Which ones? Explain how they might work.

Figure Q10-2

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(B) CYTOSOL (A) EXTRACELLULAR SPACE (D) (C) protrusion