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 …

The styrene–maleic acid copolymer: a versatile tool in membrane research

JM Dörr, S Scheidelaar, MC Koorengevel… - European Biophysics …, 2016 - Springer
A new and promising tool in membrane research is the detergent-free solubilization of
membrane proteins by styrene–maleic acid copolymers (SMAs). These amphipathic …

A guide to membrane protein X‐ray crystallography

AA Kermani - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins play critical physiological roles in all organisms, from ion transport and
signal transduction to multidrug resistance. Elucidating their 3D structures is essential for …

Wireless portable bioelectronic nose device for multiplex monitoring toward food freshness/spoilage

KH Kim, D Moon, JE An, SJ Park, SE Seo, S Ha… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Monitoring food freshness/spoilage is important to ensure food quality and safety. Current
methods of food quality monitoring are mostly time-consuming and labor intensive …

Effect of polymer composition and pH on membrane solubilization by styrene-maleic acid copolymers

S Scheidelaar, MC Koorengevel, CA van Walree… - Biophysical journal, 2016 - cell.com
The styrene-maleic acid (SMA) copolymer is rapidly gaining attention as a tool in membrane
research, due to its ability to directly solubilize lipid membranes into nanodisk particles …

SMALPs are not simply nanodiscs: the polymer-to-lipid ratios of fractionated SMALPs underline their heterogeneous nature

E Kamilar, J Bariwal, W Zheng, H Ma… - Biomacromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amphipathic styrene-maleic acid (SMA) copolymers directly solubilize biomembranes into
SMA-lipid particles, or SMALPs, that are often regarded as nanodiscs and hailed as a native …

Detergent-free lipodisq nanoparticles facilitate high-resolution mass spectrometry of folded integral membrane proteins

KK Hoi, JF Bada Juarez, PJ Judge, HY Yen, D Wu… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Integral membrane proteins pose considerable challenges to mass spectrometry (MS) owing
to the complexity and diversity of the components in their native environment. Here, we use …

Lipid nanoparticle technologies for the study of G protein-coupled receptors in lipid environments

S Lavington, A Watts - Biophysical Reviews, 2020 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of integral membrane proteins
which conduct a wide range of biological roles and represent significant drug targets. Most …

A critical analysis of molecular mechanisms underlying membrane cholesterol sensitivity of GPCRs

M Jafurulla, G Aditya Kumar, BD Rao… - … Modulation of Protein …, 2019 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest and a diverse family of proteins
involved in signal transduction across biological membranes. GPCRs mediate a wide range …

TMPSS: a deep learning-based predictor for secondary structure and topology structure prediction of alpha-helical transmembrane proteins

Z Liu, Y Gong, Y Bao, Y Guo, H Wang… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alpha transmembrane proteins (αTMPs) profoundly affect many critical biological processes
and are major drug targets due to their pivotal protein functions. At present, even though the …