Lateral mobility of integral membrane proteins is increased in spherocytic erythrocytes

Nature ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 285 (5765) ◽  
pp. 510-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Sheetz ◽  
Melvin Schindler ◽  
Dennis E. Koppel
Science ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 240 (4860) ◽  
pp. 1780-1782 ◽  
Author(s):  
BM Phelps ◽  
P Primakoff ◽  
DE Koppel ◽  
MG Low ◽  
DG Myles

The rate of lateral diffusion of integral membrane proteins is constrained in cells, but the constraining factors for most membrane proteins have not been defined. PH-20, a sperm surface protein involved in sperm-egg adhesion, was shown to be anchored in the plasma membrane by attachment to the lipid phosphatidylinositol and to have a diffusion rate that is highly restricted on testicular sperm, being more than a thousand times slower than lipid diffusion. These results support the hypothesis that lateral mobility of a membrane protein can be regulated exclusively by interactions of its ectodomain.


Nature ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 268 (5615) ◽  
pp. 23-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velia Fowler ◽  
Daniel Branton

Author(s):  
D.J. Benefiel ◽  
R.S. Weinstein

Intramembrane particles (IMP or MAP) are components of most biomembranes. They are visualized by freeze-fracture electron microscopy, and they probably represent replicas of integral membrane proteins. The presence of MAP in biomembranes has been extensively investigated but their detailed ultrastructure has been largely ignored. In this study, we have attempted to lay groundwork for a systematic evaluation of MAP ultrastructure. Using mathematical modeling methods, we have simulated the electron optical appearances of idealized globular proteins as they might be expected to appear in replicas under defined conditions. By comparing these images with the apearances of MAPs in replicas, we have attempted to evaluate dimensional and shape distortions that may be introduced by the freeze-fracture technique and further to deduce the actual shapes of integral membrane proteins from their freezefracture images.


2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 866
Author(s):  
Jie HENG ◽  
Yan WU ◽  
Xianping WANG ◽  
Kai ZHANG

2000 ◽  
Vol 56 (s1) ◽  
pp. s83-s83
Author(s):  
P. Nollert ◽  
M. L. Chiu ◽  
M. C. Loewen ◽  
A. Royant ◽  
H. Behrhali ◽  
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