Detergent-free isolation of membrane proteins and strategies to study them in a near-native membrane environment

B Krishnarjuna, A Ramamoorthy - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atomic-resolution structural studies of membrane-associated proteins and peptides in a
membrane environment are important to fully understand their biological function and the …

Interplay between G protein-coupled receptors and nanotechnology

Y Jiang, Y Li, X Fu, Y Wu, R Wang, M Zhao, C Mao… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), as the largest family of membrane receptors, actively
modulate plasma membrane and endosomal signalling. Importantly, GPCRs are naturally …

Mechanisms of formation, structure, and dynamics of lipoprotein discs stabilized by amphiphilic copolymers: A comprehensive review

PS Orekhov, ME Bozdaganyan, N Voskoboynikova… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amphiphilic copolymers consisting of alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic units account
for a major recent methodical breakthrough in the investigations of membrane proteins …

Discovery of therapeutic antibodies targeting complex multi-spanning membrane proteins

AD Stephens, T Wilkinson - BioDrugs, 2024 - Springer
Complex integral membrane proteins, which are embedded in the cell surface lipid bilayer
by multiple transmembrane spanning polypeptides, encompass families of proteins that are …

[HTML][HTML] GPCRs in the round: SMA-like copolymers and SMALPs as a platform for investigating GPCRs

H Ayub, RJ Murray, GC Kuyler, F Napier-Khwaja… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of membrane proteins, regulate
a plethora of physiological responses and are the therapeutic target for 30–40% of clinically …

FULL-MDS: Fluorescent Universal Lipid Labeling for Microfluidic Diffusional Sizing

J Baron, L Bauernhofer, SRA Devenish… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microfluidic diffusional sizing (MDS) is a recent and powerful method for determining the
hydrodynamic sizes and interactions of biomolecules and nanoparticles. A major benefit of …

Protein Design Strategies for the Structural–Functional Studies of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

DA Dmitrieva, TV Kotova, NA Safronova… - Biochemistry …, 2023 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are an important family of membrane proteins
responsible for many physiological functions in human body. High resolution GPCR …

Monitoring oligomerization dynamics of individual human neurotensin receptors one in living cells and in SMALP nanodiscs

L Spantzel, I Pérez, T Heitkamp… - … Microscopy in the …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The human neurotensin receptor one (NTSR1) is a G protein-coupled receptor. The receptor
is activated by a small peptide ligand neurotensin. NTSR1 can be expressed in HEK cells by …

Exploring GPCR conformational dynamics using single-molecule fluorescence

E Agyemang, AN Gonneville, S Tiruvadi-Krishnan… - Methods, 2024 - Elsevier
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane proteins that transmit specific external
stimuli into cells by changing their conformation. This conformational change allows them to …

Solubilization of Oligomeric Cell-Free Synthesized Proteins Using SMA Copolymers

J Ullrich, L Haueis, C Ohlhoff, A Zemella… - … : Methods and Protocols, 2024 - Springer
Although membrane proteins are abundant in nature, their investigation is limited due to
bottlenecks in heterologous overexpression and consequently restricted accessibility for …