It is probable, but not fully proven, that cavin and caveolin proteins can switch between flat and invaginated complexes on the membrane, but other proteins known as EHDs resist these processes.

Caveolae can be readily defined by the presence of caveolin proteins, but lipid rafts are more elusive — their nature, function and even existence has been keenly debated. Many researchers seem ...

1). “Again if you lose caveolin you have lost the lungs’ ability to remodel fibrosis and restore lung or organ function, so adding back the critical portion of the caveolin protein potentially ...