Membranes under the magnetic lens: a dive into the diverse world of membrane protein structures using Cryo-EM

SJ Piper, RM Johnson, D Wootten, PM Sexton - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins are highly diverse in both structure and function and can, therefore,
present different challenges for structure determination. They are biologically important for …

Membrane protein production and formulation for drug discovery

E Gulezian, C Crivello, J Bednenko, C Zafra… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Integral membrane proteins (MPs) are important drug targets across most fields of medicine,
but historically have posed a major challenge for drug discovery due to difficulties in …

Structural basis of TRPC4 regulation by calmodulin and pharmacological agents

D Vinayagam, D Quentin, J Yu-Strzelczyk, O Sitsel… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Canonical transient receptor potential channels (TRPC) are involved in receptor-operated
and/or store-operated Ca2+ signaling. Inhibition of TRPCs by small molecules was shown to …

Membrane protein nanoparticles: the shape of things to come

KS Simon, NL Pollock, SC Lee - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
The use of styrene–maleic acid (SMA) for the purification of a wide range of membrane
proteins (MPs) from both prokaryotic and eukaryotic sources has begun to make an impact …

Overview of membrane protein sample preparation for single-particle cryo-electron microscopy analysis

C Vénien-Bryan, CAH Fernandes - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM SPA) has recently emerged as an
exceptionally well-suited technique for determining the structure of membrane proteins …

Amphipathic environments for determining the structure of membrane proteins by single-particle electron cryo-microscopy

C Le Bon, B Michon, JL Popot… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Over the past decade, the structural biology of membrane proteins (MPs) has taken a new
turn thanks to epoch-making technical progress in single-particle electron cryo-microscopy …

Solubilization and stabilization of membrane proteins by cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers

A Marconnet, B Michon, C Le Bon, F Giusti… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins (MPs) need to be extracted from biological membranes and purified in
their native state for most structural and functional in vitro investigations. Amphiphilic …

[HTML][HTML] Solution NMR spectroscopy of membrane proteins

GI Danmaliki, PM Hwang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
Integral membrane proteins (IMPs) perform unique and indispensable functions in the cell,
making them attractive targets for fundamental research and drug discovery. Developments …

Influence of hydrophobic groups attached to amphipathic polymers on the solubilization of membrane proteins along with their lipids

A Marconnet, B Michon, B Prost, A Solgadi… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
One of the biggest challenges in membrane protein (MP) research is to secure
physiologically relevant structural and functional information after extracting MPs from their …

Strategic optimization of conditions for the solubilization of GST-tagged amphipathic helix-containing ciliary proteins overexpressed as inclusion bodies in E. coli

AA Shendge, JS D'Souza - Microbial cell factories, 2022 - Springer
Expression of affinity-tagged recombinant proteins for crystallography, protein–protein
interaction, antibody generation, therapeutic applications, etc. mandates the generation of …