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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Close allies in membrane protein research: cell-free synthesis and nanotechnology |
Author: | Shadiac, N. Nagarajan, Y. Waters, S. Hrmova, M. |
Citation: | Molecular Membrane Biology, 2013; 30(3):229-245 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 0968-7688 1464-5203 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nadim Shadiac, Yagnesh Nagarajan, Shane Waters & Maria Hrmova |
Abstract: | Membrane proteins control fundamental processes that are inherent to nearly all forms of life such as transport of molecules, catalysis, signaling, vesicle fusion, sensing of chemical and physical stimuli from the environment, and cell-cell interactions. Membrane proteins are harbored within a non-equilibrium fluid-like environment of biological membranes that separate cellular and non-cellular environments, as well as in compartmentalized cellular organelles. One of the classes of membrane proteins that will be specifically treated in this article are transport proteins of plant origin, that facilitate material and energy transfer at the membrane boundaries. These proteins import essential nutrients, export cellular metabolites, maintain ionic and osmotic equilibriums and mediate signal transduction. The aim of this article is to report on the progress of membrane protein functional and structural relationships, with a focus on producing stable and functional proteins suitable for structural and biophysical studies. We interlink membrane protein production primarily through wheat-germ cell-free protein synthesis (WG-CFPS) with the growing repertoire of membrane mimicking environments in the form of lipids, surfactants, amphipathic surfactant polymers, liposomes and nanodiscs that keep membrane proteins soluble. It is hoped that the advancements in these fields could increase the number of elucidated structures, in particular those of plant membrane proteins, and contribute to bridging of the gap between structures of soluble and membrane proteins, the latter being comparatively low. |
Keywords: | Amphipathic polymers biophysics function and structure of membrane proteins interactomes nanoparticles phospholipid bilayers membrane protein reconstitution transporters surfactants |
Rights: | © 2013 Informa UK, Ltd. |
DOI: | 10.3109/09687688.2012.762125 |
Grant ID: | ARC http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120100900 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120100201 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120100201 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687688.2012.762125 |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications Aurora harvest |
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