The alternating access mechanism in mammalian multidrug resistance transporters and their bacterial homologs

SA Badiee, UH Isu, E Khodadadi, M Moradi - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistance (MDR) proteins belonging to the ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC)
transporter group play a crucial role in the export of cytotoxic drugs across cell membranes …

Lipids shape brain function through ion channel and receptor modulations: physiological mechanisms and clinical perspectives

S Incontro, ML Musella, M Sammari… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Lipids represent the most abundant molecular type in the brain with a fat content of
approximately 60% of the dry brain weight in humans. Despite this fact, little attention has …

Advances in Membrane Mimetic Systems for Manipulation and Analysis of Membrane Proteins: Detergents, Polymers, Lipids and Scaffolds

M Woubshete, S Cioccolo, B Byrne - ChemPlusChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Extracting membrane proteins from the hydrophobic environment of the biological
membrane, in a physiologically relevant and stable state, suitable for downstream analysis …

Estimating the Cholesterol Affinity of Integral Membrane Proteins from Experimental Data

TL Steck, SM Ali Tabei, Y Lange - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cholesterol affinities of many integral plasma membrane proteins have been estimated
by molecular computation. However, these values lack experimental confirmation. We …

Molecular regulation of calcium‐sensing receptor (CaSR)‐mediated signaling

L Tian, C Andrews, Q Yan… - Chronic Diseases and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Calcium‐sensing receptor (CaSR), a family CG‐protein‐coupled receptor, plays a
crucial role in regulating calcium homeostasis by sensing small concentration changes of …

Membrane Proteins: Function, Structure, and Dynamics

Y Senju, S Suetsugu - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plasma and intracellular membranes are characterized by different lipid compositions that
enable proteins to localize to distinct subcellular compartments [1]. Many proteins interact …

Molecular insights into the atypical activation mechanism of GPR156 in maintaining auditory function

X Ma, LN Chen, M Liao, L Zhang, K Xi, J Guo, C Shen… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The class C orphan GPCR GPR156, which lacks the typical extracellular region, plays a
pivotal role in auditory function through Gi2/3. Here, we demonstrate that GPR156 with high …

Differential behavior of conformational dynamics in active and inactive states of cannabinoid receptor 1 revealed by microsecond molecular dynamics simulation

UH Isu, A Polasa, M Moradi - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
Calmodulin (CaM) is the main calcium (Ca2+) binding protein that transduces the calcium
signal to numerous downstream proteins including Ca2+-CaM dependent protein kinase II …

Cholesterol Dependence on the Conformational Changes of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1

UH Isu, SA Badiee, A Polasa, SH Tabari… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are class CG protein-coupled receptors that
function as obligate dimers in regulating neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity in the …

A Method For Estimating The Cholesterol Affinity Of Integral Membrane Proteins From Experimental Data

TL Steck, SMA Tabei, Y Lange - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The cholesterol affinities of many integral plasma membrane proteins have been estimated
by molecular simulation techniques. However, these values lack experimental confirmation …