Understanding the invisible hands of sample preparation for cryo-EM

G Weissenberger, RJM Henderikx, PJ Peters - Nature Methods, 2021 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is rapidly becoming an attractive method in the field of
structural biology. With the exploding popularity of cryo-EM, sample preparation must evolve …

Membranes under the magnetic lens: a dive into the diverse world of membrane protein structures using Cryo-EM

SJ Piper, RM Johnson, D Wootten, PM Sexton - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins are highly diverse in both structure and function and can, therefore,
present different challenges for structure determination. They are biologically important for …

Conformation space of a heterodimeric ABC exporter under turnover conditions

S Hofmann, D Januliene, AR Mehdipour, C Thomas… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has the capacity to capture molecular machines in
action,–. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) exporters are highly dynamic membrane proteins that …

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 …

Cryo-electron microscopy analysis of small membrane proteins

R Nygaard, J Kim, F Mancia - Current opinion in structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cryo-EM is a powerful tool to investigate the structures of membrane
proteins.•Recent technological advancements in the field of cryo-EM have enabled structure …

Mass photometry of membrane proteins

A Olerinyova, A Sonn-Segev, J Gault, C Eichmann… - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Integral membrane proteins (IMPs) are biologically highly significant but challenging to study
because they require maintaining a cellular lipid-like environment. Here, we explore the …

Frontiers in cryo electron microscopy of complex macromolecular assemblies

J Ognjenović, R Grisshammer… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In recent years, cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM) technology has been transformed with
the development of better instrumentation, direct electron detectors, improved methods for …

Changes in membrane protein structural biology

J Birch, H Cheruvara, N Gamage, PJ Harrison, R Lithgo… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Membrane proteins are essential to all forms of life. Millions of membrane
proteins are found in the lipid membrane layer that surrounds cells, and in the lipid …

Cycloalkane-modified amphiphilic polymers provide direct extraction of membrane proteins for CryoEM analysis

AJ Higgins, AJ Flynn, A Marconnet… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Membrane proteins are essential for cellular growth, signalling and homeostasis, making up
a large proportion of therapeutic targets. However, the necessity for a solubilising agent to …

Single-particle Cryo-EM of membrane proteins

D Januliene, A Moeller - Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins, 2021 - Springer
In the recent years, the protein databank has been fueled by the exponential growth of high-
resolution electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) structures. This trend will be further …