[HTML][HTML] Choosing membrane mimetics for NMR structural studies of transmembrane proteins

DE Warschawski, AA Arnold, M Beaugrand… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
The native environment of membrane proteins is complex and scientists have felt the need
to simplify it to reduce the number of varying parameters. However, experimental problems …

Perturbations of native membrane protein structure in alkyl phosphocholine detergents: a critical assessment of NMR and biophysical studies

C Chipot, F Dehez, JR Schnell, N Zitzmann… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins perform a host of vital cellular functions. Deciphering the molecular
mechanisms whereby they fulfill these functions requires detailed biophysical and structural …

Arrangement of electron transport chain components in bovine mitochondrial supercomplex I1III2IV1

T Althoff, DJ Mills, JL Popot, W Kühlbrandt - The EMBO journal, 2011 - embopress.org
The respiratory chain in the inner mitochondrial membrane contains three large multi‐
enzyme complexes that together establish the proton gradient for ATP synthesis, and …

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 …

Amphipols, nanodiscs, and fluorinated surfactants: three nonconventional approaches to studying membrane proteins in aqueous solutions

JL Popot - Annual review of biochemistry, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Membrane proteins (MPs) are usually handled in aqueous solutions as protein/detergent
complexes. Detergents, however, tend to be inactivating. This situation has prompted the …

Amphipols from A to Z

JL Popot, T Althoff, D Bagnard… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Amphipols (APols) are short amphipathic polymers that can substitute for detergents to keep
integral membrane proteins (MPs) water soluble. In this review, we discuss their structure …

Solution NMR of membrane proteins: practice and challenges

CR Sanders, F Sönnichsen - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This review focuses upon the application of solution NMR methods to multispan integral
membrane proteins, particularly with respect to determination of global folds by this …

Amphipols for each season

M Zoonens, JL Popot - The Journal of membrane biology, 2014 - Springer
Amphipols (APols) are short amphipathic polymers that can substitute for detergents at the
transmembrane surface of membrane proteins (MPs) and, thereby, keep them soluble in …

Molecular architecture and subunit organization of TRPA1 ion channel revealed by electron microscopy

TL Cvetkov, KW Huynh, MR Cohen… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) is a non-selective ion channel, which is
expressed in nociceptor sensory neurons and transduces chemical, inflammatory, and …

Cell-free expressed bacteriorhodopsin in different soluble membrane mimetics: biophysical properties and NMR accessibility

M Etzkorn, T Raschle, F Hagn, V Gelev, AJ Rice… - Structure, 2013 - cell.com
Selecting a suitable membrane-mimicking environment is of fundamental importance for the
investigation of membrane proteins. Nonconventional surfactants, such as amphipathic …