Membranes under the magnetic lens: a dive into the diverse world of membrane protein structures using Cryo-EM

SJ Piper, RM Johnson, D Wootten, PM Sexton - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins are highly diverse in both structure and function and can, therefore,
present different challenges for structure determination. They are biologically important for …

Lipid nanodiscs for high-resolution NMR studies of membrane proteins

U Günsel, F Hagn - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins (MPs) play essential roles in numerous cellular processes. Because
around 70% of the currently marketed drugs target MPs, a detailed understanding of their …

[PDF][PDF] Recent advances in membrane mimetics for membrane protein research

JW Young - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Membrane proteins are a highly relevant class of biological molecules and comprise∼ 60%
of current drug targets. Before being analyzed by structural, biochemical, and biophysical …

Detergent-free isolation of membrane proteins and strategies to study them in a near-native membrane environment

B Krishnarjuna, A Ramamoorthy - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atomic-resolution structural studies of membrane-associated proteins and peptides in a
membrane environment are important to fully understand their biological function and the …

Structure and mechanism of a neuropeptide-activated channel in the ENaC/DEG superfamily

F Liu, Y Dang, L Li, H Feng, J Li, H Wang… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide (FMRFamide)-activated sodium channels (FaNaCs) are a
family of channels activated by the neuropeptide FMRFamide, and, to date, the underlying …

Structural insights into human acid-sensing ion channel 1a inhibition by snake toxin mambalgin1

D Sun, S Liu, S Li, M Zhang, F Yang, M Wen, P Shi… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are proton-gated cation channels that are involved in
diverse neuronal processes including pain sensing. The peptide toxin Mambalgin1 …

[HTML][HTML] Structural biology of endogenous membrane protein assemblies in native nanodiscs

CJ Brown, C Trieber, M Overduin - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The advent of amphiphilic copolymers enables integral membrane proteins to be solubilized
into stable 10–30 nm native nanodiscs to resolve their multisubunit structures, post …

The epithelial sodium channel—An underestimated drug target

R Lemmens-Gruber, S Tzotzos - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epithelial sodium channels (ENaC) are part of a complex network of interacting biochemical
pathways and as such are involved in several disease states. Dependent on site and type of …

Methods for the solubilisation of membrane proteins: the micelle-aneous world of membrane protein solubilisation

G Ratkeviciute, BF Cooper… - Biochemical Society …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The solubilisation of membrane proteins (MPs) necessitates the overlap of two contradictory
events; the extraction of MPs from their native lipid membranes and their subsequent …

Molecular principles of assembly, activation, and inhibition in epithelial sodium channel

S Noreng, R Posert, A Bharadwaj, A Houser… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The molecular bases of heteromeric assembly and link between Na+ self-inhibition and
protease-sensitivity in epithelial sodium channels (ENaCs) are not fully understood …