Synthetic biology: bottom-up assembly of molecular systems

S Hirschi, TR Ward, WP Meier, DJ Müller… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The bottom-up assembly of biological and chemical components opens exciting
opportunities to engineer artificial vesicular systems for applications with previously unmet …

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 …

Mass spectrometry methods for measuring protein stability

DD Vallejo, C Rojas Ramírez, KF Parson, Y Han… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mass spectrometry is a central technology in the life sciences, providing our most
comprehensive account of the molecular inventory of the cell. In parallel with developments …

Nanodiscs: A toolkit for membrane protein science

SG Sligar, IG Denisov - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins are involved in numerous vital biological processes, including transport,
signal transduction and the enzymes in a variety of metabolic pathways. Integral membrane …

The magic of bicelles lights up membrane protein structure

UHN Dürr, M Gildenberg, A Ramamoorthy - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes and membrane proteins, responsible for numerous exciting
biological processes, present one of the paramount challenges in biophysics today …

Lipid membrane mimetics in functional and structural studies of integral membrane proteins

S Majeed, AB Ahmad, U Sehar, ER Georgieva - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integral membrane proteins (IMPs) fulfill important physiological functions by providing cell–
environment, cell–cell and virus–host communication; nutrients intake; export of toxic …

Designer nanomaterials using chiral self-assembling peptide systems and their emerging benefit for society

Z Luo, S Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Chirality is absolutely central in chemistry and biology. The recent findings of chiral self-
assembling peptides' remarkable chemical complementarity and structural compatibility …

Cell-free gene expression: methods and applications

AC Hunt, BJ Rasor, K Seki, HM Ekas, KF Warfel… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cell-free gene expression (CFE) systems empower synthetic biologists to build biological
molecules and processes outside of living intact cells. The foundational principle is that …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane protein synthesis in cell-free systems: From bio-mimetic systems to bio-membranes

R Sachse, SK Dondapati, SF Fenz, T Schmidt, S Kubick - FEBS letters, 2014 - Elsevier
When taking up the gauntlet of studying membrane protein functionality, scientists are
provided with a plethora of advantages, which can be exploited for the synthesis of these …

Lipid crystallization: from self-assembly to hierarchical and biological ordering

CV Kulkarni - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Lipid crystallization is ubiquitous in nature, observed in biological structures as well as in
commercial products and applications. In a dehydrated state most of the lipids form well …