Folding and misfolding of human membrane proteins in health and disease: from single molecules to cellular proteostasis

JT Marinko, H Huang, WD Penn, JA Capra… - Chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Advances over the past 25 years have revealed much about how the structural properties of
membranes and associated proteins are linked to the thermodynamics and kinetics of …

Monotopic membrane proteins join the fold

KN Allen, S Entova, LC Ray, B Imperiali - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2019‏ - cell.com
Monotopic membrane proteins, classified by topology, are proteins that embed into a single
face of the membrane. These proteins are generally underrepresented in the Protein Data …

Membrane protein mobility and orientation preserved in supported bilayers created directly from cell plasma membrane blebs

MJ Richards, CY Hsia, RR Singh, H Haider, J Kumpf… - Langmuir, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Membrane protein interactions with lipids are crucial for their native biological behavior, yet
traditional characterization methods are often carried out on purified protein in the absence …

Membrane protein stability can be compromised by detergent interactions with the extramembranous soluble domains

Z Yang, C Wang, Q Zhou, J An, E Hildebrandt… - Protein …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Detergent interaction with extramembranous soluble domains (ESDs) is not commonly
considered an important determinant of integral membrane protein (IMP) behavior during …

New frontiers for selective biosensing with biomembrane-based organic transistors

C Lubrano, GM Matrone, G Iaconis, F Santoro - Acs Nano, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Biosensing plays vital roles in multiple fields, including healthcare monitoring, drug
screening, disease diagnosis, and environmental pollution control. In recent years, transistor …

A molecularly complete planar bacterial outer membrane platform

CY Hsia, L Chen, RR Singh, MP DeLisa, S Daniel - Scientific reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
The bacterial outer membrane (OM) is a barrier containing membrane proteins and
liposaccharides that fulfill crucial functions for Gram-negative bacteria. With the advent of …

A review of traditional and emerging methods to characterize lipid–protein interactions in biological membranes

CY Hsia, MJ Richards, S Daniel - Analytical Methods, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Current understanding of the cell membrane suggests that it is a patchwork structure
composed of many proteins and lipids that are not all freely diffusing, but rather can take part …

Specificity determinants revealed by the structure of glycosyltransferase Campylobacter concisus PglA

N Vuksanovic, JR Clasman, B Imperiali… - Protein …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
In selected Campylobacter species, the biosynthesis of N‐linked glycoconjugates via the pgl
pathway is essential for pathogenicity and survival. However, most of the membrane …

Kinetics and thermodynamics of membrane protein folding

EA Roman, FL González Flecha - Biomolecules, 2014‏ - mdpi.com
Understanding protein folding has been one of the great challenges in biochemistry and
molecular biophysics. Over the past 50 years, many thermodynamic and kinetic studies have …

Metazoans evolved by taking domains from soluble proteins to expand intercellular communication network

HJ Nam, I Kim, JU Bowie, S Kim - Scientific reports, 2015‏ - nature.com
A central question in animal evolution is how multicellular animals evolved from unicellular
ancestors. We hypothesize that membrane proteins must be key players in the development …