Nanodiscs in membrane biochemistry and biophysics

IG Denisov, SG Sligar - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins play a most important part in metabolism, signaling, cell motility,
transport, development, and many other biochemical and biophysical processes which …

[HTML][HTML] Nanodiscs for structural and functional studies of membrane proteins

IG Denisov, SG Sligar - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2016 - nature.com
Membrane proteins have long presented a challenge to biochemical and functional studies.
In the absence of a bilayer environment, individual proteins and critical macromolecular …

Assembly of phospholipid nanodiscs of controlled size for structural studies of membrane proteins by NMR

F Hagn, ML Nasr, G Wagner - Nature protocols, 2018 - nature.com
Suitable membrane mimetics are crucial to the performance of structural and functional
studies of membrane proteins. Phospholipid nanodiscs (formed when a membrane scaffold …

Lipid nanodiscs for high-resolution NMR studies of membrane proteins

U Günsel, F Hagn - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins (MPs) play essential roles in numerous cellular processes. Because
around 70% of the currently marketed drugs target MPs, a detailed understanding of their …

NMR as a tool to investigate the structure, dynamics and function of membrane proteins

B Liang, LK Tamm - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2016 - nature.com
Membrane-protein NMR occupies a unique niche for determining structures, assessing
dynamics, examining folding, and studying the binding of lipids, ligands and drugs to …

Recent advances in nanodisc technology for membrane protein studies (2012–2017)

JE Rouck, JE Krapf, J Roy, HC Huff, A Das - FEBS letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, the main barrier to membrane protein investigations has been the tendency of
membrane proteins to aggregate (due to their hydrophobic nature), in aqueous solution as …

Beyond detergent micelles: The advantages and applications of non-micellar and lipid-based membrane mimetics for solution-state NMR

K Klöpfer, F Hagn - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, 2019 - Elsevier
Membrane proteins are important players in signal transduction and the exchange of
metabolites within or between cells. Thus, this protein class is the target of around 60% of …

Solution NMR investigations of integral membrane proteins: Challenges and innovations

M Necelis, C McDermott, MB Dufrisne… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Compared to soluble protein counterparts, the understanding of membrane protein stability,
solvent interactions, and function are not as well understood. Recent advancements in …

[HTML][HTML] K-Ras G-domain binding with signaling lipid phosphatidylinositol (4, 5)-phosphate (PIP2): membrane association, protein orientation, and function

S Cao, S Chung, SJ Kim, Z Li, D Manor… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Ras genes potently drive human cancers, with mutated proto-oncogene GTPase KRAS4B (K-
Ras4B) being the most abundant isoform. Targeted inhibition of oncogenic gene products is …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane protein structure determination and characterisation by solution and solid-state nmr

V Yeh, A Goode, BB Bonev - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cells, life's smallest units, are defined within the enclosure of thin,
continuous membranes, which confine the molecular machinery required for the life and …