High-resolution native mass spectrometry

S Tamara, MA den Boer, AJR Heck - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Native mass spectrometry (MS) involves the analysis and characterization of
macromolecules, predominantly intact proteins and protein complexes, whereby as much as …

Best practices and benchmarks for intact protein analysis for top-down mass spectrometry

DP Donnelly, CM Rawlins, CJ DeHart, L Fornelli… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
One gene can give rise to many functionally distinct proteoforms, each of which has a
characteristic molecular mass. Top-down mass spectrometry enables the analysis of intact …

Protein–small molecule interactions in native mass spectrometry

JL Bennett, GTH Nguyen, WA Donald - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Small molecule drug discovery has been propelled by the continual development of novel
scientific methodologies to occasion therapeutic advances. Although established …

The role of interfacial lipids in stabilizing membrane protein oligomers

K Gupta, JAC Donlan, JTS Hopper, P Uzdavinys… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Oligomerization of membrane proteins in response to lipid binding has a critical role in many
cell-signalling pathways but is often difficult to define or predict. Here we report the …

PtdIns (4, 5) P2 stabilizes active states of GPCRs and enhances selectivity of G-protein coupling

HY Yen, KK Hoi, I Liko, G Hedger, MR Horrell, W Song… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in many physiological processes and are
therefore key drug targets 1. Although detailed structural information is available for GPCRs …

Lipids mediate supramolecular outer membrane protein assembly in bacteria

MN Webby, AO Oluwole, C Pedebos, PG Inns… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
β Barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) cluster into supramolecular assemblies that give
function to the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. How such assemblies form …

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 …

Capturing a rhodopsin receptor signalling cascade across a native membrane

S Chen, T Getter, D Salom, D Wu, D Quetschlich… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are cell-surface receptors that respond to various
stimuli to induce signalling pathways across cell membranes. Recent progress has yielded …

Native mass spectrometry of membrane proteins

JE Keener, G Zhang, MT Marty - Analytical chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes formed of amphipathic lipid bilayers provide chemical barriers to
separate cells from their external environments and define subcellular compartments …

Mass spectrometry captures biased signalling and allosteric modulation of a G-protein-coupled receptor

HY Yen, I Liko, W Song, P Kapoor, F Almeida… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors signal through cognate G proteins. Despite the widespread
importance of these receptors, their regulatory mechanisms for G-protein selectivity are not …