scholarly journals Correction: Trehalose-cored amphiphiles for membrane protein stabilization: importance of the detergent micelle size in GPCR stability

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 4919-4920
Author(s):  
Manabendra Das ◽  
Yang Du ◽  
Jonas S. Mortensen ◽  
Manuel Ramos ◽  
Lubna Ghani ◽  
...  

Correction for ‘Trehalose-cored amphiphiles for membrane protein stabilization: importance of the detergent micelle size in GPCR stability’ by Manabendra Das et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 3249–3257.

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 3249-3257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manabendra Das ◽  
Yang Du ◽  
Jonas S. Mortensen ◽  
Manuel Ramos ◽  
Lubna Ghani ◽  
...  

A novel class of non-chromophoric trehalose-cored amphiphiles was developed and some of the detergents displayed favorable behavior in stabilizing membrane proteins.


Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Ekaitz Errasti-Murugarren ◽  
Paola Bartoccioni ◽  
Manuel Palacín

Accounting for nearly two-thirds of known druggable targets, membrane proteins are highly relevant for cell physiology and pharmacology. In this regard, the structural determination of pharmacologically relevant targets would facilitate the intelligent design of new drugs. The structural biology of membrane proteins is a field experiencing significant growth as a result of the development of new strategies for structure determination. However, membrane protein preparation for structural studies continues to be a limiting step in many cases due to the inherent instability of these molecules in non-native membrane environments. This review describes the approaches that have been developed to improve membrane protein stability. Membrane protein mutagenesis, detergent selection, lipid membrane mimics, antibodies, and ligands are described in this review as approaches to facilitate the production of purified and stable membrane proteins of interest for structural and functional studies.


ChemBioChem ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (20) ◽  
pp. 2225-2232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manabendra Das ◽  
Yang Du ◽  
Jonas S. Mortensen ◽  
Parameswaran Hariharan ◽  
Hyun Sung Lee ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 250-261
Author(s):  
Hyoung Eun Bae ◽  
Cristina Cecchetti ◽  
Yang Du ◽  
Satoshi Katsube ◽  
Jonas S. Mortensen ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 5364-5378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ange Polidori ◽  
Simon Raynal ◽  
Laurie-Anne Barret ◽  
Mohamed Dahani ◽  
Cherone Barrot-Ivolot ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 511 ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Champeil ◽  
Stéphane Orlowski ◽  
Simon Babin ◽  
Sten Lund ◽  
Marc le Maire ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Duart ◽  
John Lamb ◽  
Arne Elofsson ◽  
Ismael Mingarro

ABSTRACTSalt bridges between negatively (D, E) and positively charged (K, R, H) amino acids play an important role in protein stabilization. This has a more prevalent effect in membrane proteins where polar amino acids are exposed to a very hydrophobic environment. In transmembrane (TM) helices the presence of charged residues can hinder the insertion of the helices into the membrane. This can sometimes be avoided by TM region rearrangements after insertion, but it is also possible that the formation of salt bridges could decrease the cost of membrane integration. However, the presence of intra-helical salt bridges in TM domains and their effect on insertion has not been properly studied yet. In this work, we use an analytical pipeline to study the prevalence of charged pairs of amino acid residues in TM α-helices, which shows that potentially salt-bridge forming pairs are statistically over-represented. We then selected some candidates to experimentally determine the contribution of these electrostatic interactions to the translocon-assisted membrane insertion process. Using both in vitro and in vivo systems, we confirm the presence of intra-helical salt bridges in TM segments during biogenesis and determined that they contribute between 0.5-0.7 kcal/mol to the apparent free energy of membrane insertion (ΔGapp). Our observations suggest that salt bridge interactions can be stabilized during translocon-mediated insertion and thus could be relevant to consider for the future development of membrane protein prediction software.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1032
Author(s):  
Sonia Khemaissa ◽  
Sandrine Sagan ◽  
Astrid Walrant

Tryptophan is an aromatic amino acid with unique physico-chemical properties. It is often encountered in membrane proteins, especially at the level of the water/bilayer interface. It plays a role in membrane protein stabilization, anchoring and orientation in lipid bilayers. It has a hydrophobic character but can also engage in many types of interactions, such as π–cation or hydrogen bonds. In this review, we give an overview of the role of tryptophan in membrane proteins and a more detailed description of the underlying noncovalent interactions it can engage in with membrane partners.


2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (51) ◽  
pp. 18450-18456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawel Stanczak ◽  
Reto Horst ◽  
Pedro Serrano ◽  
Kurt Wüthrich

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