Cyclosporine

The type of side chain affects the anchoring ability of the ring peptide to the cell membrane. Stephanie M. Linker et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2023 66 (4), 2773-2788

How drugs enter the blood

First, the molecule anchors itself to the surface of the membrane, before it penetrates the membrane in a direction perpendicular to it. In the next step it changes its 3D structure as it passes through the membrane, rotating once