Structures and general transport mechanisms by the major facilitator superfamily (MFS)

D Drew, RA North, K Nagarathinam… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is the largest known superfamily of secondary active
transporters. MFS transporters are responsible for transporting a broad spectrum of …

Computational modeling of realistic cell membranes

SJ Marrink, V Corradi, PCT Souza, HI Ingolfsson… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cell membranes contain a large variety of lipid types and are crowded with proteins,
endowing them with the plasticity needed to fulfill their key roles in cell functioning. The …

Sampling alternative conformational states of transporters and receptors with AlphaFold2

D Del Alamo, D Sala, HS Mchaourab, J Meiler - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Equilibrium fluctuations and triggered conformational changes often underlie the functional
cycles of membrane proteins. For example, transporters mediate the passage of molecules …

Emerging diversity in lipid–protein interactions

V Corradi, BI Sejdiu, H Mesa-Galloso… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Membrane lipids interact with proteins in a variety of ways, ranging from providing a stable
membrane environment for proteins to being embedded in to detailed roles in complicated …

Characterization of lipid–protein interactions and lipid-mediated modulation of membrane protein function through molecular simulation

MP Muller, T Jiang, C Sun, M Lihan, S Pant… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The cellular membrane constitutes one of the most fundamental compartments of a living
cell, where key processes such as selective transport of material and exchange of …

Structure of the human respiratory complex II

Z Du, X Zhou, Y Lai, J Xu, Y Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Human complex II is a key protein complex that links two essential energy-producing
processes: the tricarboxylic acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. Deficiencies due to …

Advances in hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry and the pursuit of challenging biological systems

EI James, TA Murphree, C Vorauer, JR Engen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Solution-phase hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) is
a widespread tool for structural analysis across academia and the biopharmaceutical …

CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder: Past, Current, and Future Developments and Applications

S Feng, S Park, YK Choi, W Im - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics simulations of membranes and membrane proteins serve as
computational microscopes, revealing coordinated events at the membrane interface. As G …

The solute carrier SPNS2 recruits PI (4, 5) P2 to synergistically regulate transport of sphingosine-1-phosphate

H Tang, H Li, D Prakaash, C Pedebos, X Qiu, DB Sauer… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Solute carrier spinster homolog 2 (SPNS2), one of only four known major facilitator
superfamily (MFS) lysolipid transporters in humans, exports sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) …

Bridging protein structure, dynamics, and function using hydrogen/deuterium‐exchange mass spectrometry

EA Hodge, MA Benhaim, KK Lee - Protein Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Much of our understanding of protein structure and mechanistic function has been derived
from static high‐resolution structures. As structural biology has continued to evolve it has …