The importance of the membrane for biophysical measurements

DS Chorev, CV Robinson - Nature chemical biology, 2020 - nature.com
Within cell membranes numerous protein assemblies reside. Among their many functions,
these assemblies regulate the movement of molecules between membranes, facilitate …

[图书][B] Three-dimensional electron microscopy of macromolecular assemblies: visualization of biological molecules in their native state

J Frank - 2006 - books.google.com
Cryoelectron microscopy of biological molecules is among the hottest growth areas in
biophysics and structural biology at present, and Frank is arguably the most distinguished …

Native-like environments afford novel mechanistic insights into membrane proteins

RQ Notti, T Walz - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Advances in cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enabled routine near-atomic structure
determination of membrane proteins, while nanodisc technology has provided a way to …

Retrovirus envelope protein complex structure in situ studied by cryo-electron tomography

F Förster, O Medalia, N Zauberman… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
We used cryo-electron tomography in conjunction with single-particle averaging techniques
to study the structures of frozen-hydrated envelope glycoprotein (Env) complexes on intact …

Structure of the BK potassium channel in a lipid membrane from electron cryomicroscopy

L Wang, FJ Sigworth - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
A long-sought goal in structural biology has been the imaging of membrane proteins in their
membrane environments. This goal has been achieved with electron crystallography in …

Buckysomes: fullerene-based nanocarriers for hydrophobic molecule delivery

R Partha, LR Mitchell, JL Lyon, PP Joshi, JL Conyers - Acs Nano, 2008 - ACS Publications
We report the preparation and preliminary in vitro studies of nanocarriers termed
“buckysomes,” which are self-assembled, spherical nanostructures composed of the …

[HTML][HTML] Three‐dimensional structure of the type 1 inositol 1, 4, 5‐trisphosphate receptor at 24 Å resolution

QX Jiang, EC Thrower, DW Chester, BE Ehrlich… - The EMBO …, 2002 - embopress.org
We report here the first three‐dimensional structure of the type 1 inositol 1, 4, 5‐
trisphosphate receptor (IP 3 R). From cryo‐electron microscopic images of purified receptors …

An optimized negative-staining protocol of electron microscopy for apoE4• POPC lipoprotein

L Zhang, J Song, Y Newhouse, S Zhang… - Journal of lipid …, 2010 - ASBMB
Apolipoprotein E (apoE), one of the major protein components of lipoproteins in the
peripheral and central nervous systems, regulates cholesterol metabolism through its …

Cryo-EM and single particles

L Wang, FJ Sigworth - Physiology, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
Cryoelectronmicroscopy is a method for the imaging of macromolecules in the electron
microscope. It was originally developed to determine membrane protein structures from two …

Streptavidin crystals as nanostructured supports and image-calibration references for cryo-EM data collection

L Wang, P Ounjai, FJ Sigworth - Journal of structural biology, 2008 - Elsevier
For cryo-EM structural studies, we seek to image membrane proteins as single particles
embedded in proteoliposomes. One technical difficulty has been the low density of …