Membrane mimetic systems in CryoEM: keeping membrane proteins in their native environment

HE Autzen, D Julius, Y Cheng - Current opinion in structural biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Single-particle cryoEM facilitates structural determination of membrane proteins
without the need of crystallization.•Advances in membrane protein sample preparation are …

Recent advances in nanodisc technology for membrane protein studies (2012–2017)

JE Rouck, JE Krapf, J Roy, HC Huff, A Das - FEBS letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, the main barrier to membrane protein investigations has been the tendency of
membrane proteins to aggregate (due to their hydrophobic nature), in aqueous solution as …

The 3.5-Å CryoEM structure of nanodisc-reconstituted yeast vacuolar ATPase Vo proton channel

SH Roh, NJ Stam, CF Hryc, S Couoh-Cardel, G Pintilie… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
The molecular mechanism of transmembrane proton translocation in rotary motor ATPases
is not fully understood. Here, we report the 3.5-Å resolution cryoEM structure of the lipid …

Oxidative stress protein Oxr1 promotes V‐ATPase holoenzyme disassembly in catalytic activity‐independent manner

MM Khan, S Lee, S Couoh‐Cardel, RA Oot… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Abstract The vacuolar ATPase (V‐ATPase) is a rotary motor proton pump that is regulated by
an assembly equilibrium between active holoenzyme and autoinhibited V1‐ATPase and Vo …

Structural comparison of the vacuolar and Golgi V-ATPases from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

T Vasanthakumar, SA Bueler, DI Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Proton-translocating vacuolar-type ATPases (V-ATPases) are necessary for numerous
processes in eukaryotic cells, including receptor-mediated endocytosis, protein maturation …

Detection and quantification of the vacuolar H+ATPase using the Legionella effector protein SidK

ME Maxson, YM Abbas, JZ Wu, JD Plumb… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
Acidification of secretory and endocytic organelles is required for proper receptor recycling,
membrane traffic, protein degradation, and solute transport. Proton-pumping vacuolar H+ …

Real-Time Measurement of a Weak Interaction of a Transcription Factor Motif with a Protein Hub at Single-Molecule Precision

LA Mayse, Y Wang, M Ahmad, L Movileanu - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Transcription factors often interact with other protein cofactors, regulating gene expression.
Direct detection of these brief events using existing technologies remains challenging due to …

Molecular basis for the binding and modulation of V-ATPase by a bacterial effector protein

J Zhao, K Beyrakhova, Y Liu, CP Alvarez… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Intracellular pathogenic bacteria evade the immune response by replicating within host
cells. Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' Disease, makes use of …

Evaluation of nanopore sensor design using electrical and optical analyses

LA Mayse, A Imran, Y Wang, M Ahmad, RA Oot… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanopores are currently utilized as powerful tools for single-molecule protein sensing. The
reporting signal typically requires protein analytes to enter the nanopore interior, yet a class …

Structure of V-ATPase from citrus fruit

YZ Tan, KA Keon, R Abdelaziz, P Imming, W Schulze… - Structure, 2022 - cell.com
We used the Legionella pneumophila effector SidK to affinity purify the endogenous
vacuolar-type ATPases (V-ATPases) from lemon fruit. The preparation was sufficient for …