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Huang J, Ahmed R, Akimoto M, Martinez Pomier K, Melacini G. Early-Onset Parkinson Mutation Remodels Monomer-Fibril Interactions to Allosterically Amplify Synuclein's Amyloid Cascade. JACS AU 2023; 3:3485-3493. [PMID: 38155658 PMCID: PMC10751762 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Alpha synuclein (αS) aggregates are the main component of Lewy bodies (LBs) associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). A longstanding question about αS and PD pertains to the autosomal dominant E46K αS mutant, which leads to the early onset of PD and LB dementias. The E46K mutation not only promotes αS aggregation but also stabilizes αS monomers in "closed" conformers, which are compact and aggregation-incompetent. Hence, the mechanism of action of the E46K mutation is currently unclear. Here, we show that αS monomers harboring the E46K mutation exhibit more extensive interactions with fibrils compared to those of WT. Such monomer-fibril interactions are sufficient to allosterically drive transitions of αS monomers from closed to open conformations, enabling αS aggregation. We also show that E46K promotes head-to-tail monomer-monomer interactions in early self-association events. This multipronged mechanism provides a new framework to explain how the E46K mutation and possibly other αS variants trigger early-onset PD.
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- Jinfeng Huang
- Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
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Shahpouri P, Mehralitabar H, Kheirabadi M, Kazemi Noureini S. Potential suppression of multidrug-resistance-associated protein 1 by coumarin derivatives: an insight from molecular docking and MD simulation studies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-17. [PMID: 37667877 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2250456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Human MRP1 protein plays a vital role in cancer multidrug resistance. Coumarins show promising pharmacological properties. Virtual screening, ADMET, molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were utilized as pharmacoinformatic tools to identify potential MRP1 inhibitors among coumarin derivatives. Using in silico ADMET, 50 hits were further investigated for their selectivity toward the nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) of MRP1 using molecular docking. Accordingly, coumarin, its symmetrical ketone derivative Lig. No. 4, and Reversan were candidates for focused docking study with the NBDs domains compared with ATP. The result indicates that Lig. No. 4, with the best binding score, interacts with NBDs via hydrogen bonds with residues: GLN713, LYS684, GLY683, CYS682 in NBD1, and GLY1432, GLY771, SER769 and GLN1374 in NBD2, which mostly overlap with ATP binding residues. Moreover, doxorubicin (Doxo) was docked to the transmembrane domains (TMDs) active site of MRP1. Doxo interaction with TMDs was subjected to MD simulation in the NBDs free and occupied with Lig. No. 4 states. The results showed that Doxo interacts more strongly with TMD residues in inward facing feature of TMDs helices. However, when Lig. No. 4 exists in NBDs, Doxo interactions are different, and TMD helices show more outward-facing conformation. This result may suggest a partial competitive inhibition mechanism for the Lig. No. 4 on MRP1 compared with ATP. So, it may inhibit active complex formation by interfering with ATP entrance to NBDs and locking MRP1 conformation in outward-facing mode. This study suggests a valuable coumarin derivative that can be further investigated for potent MRP1 inhibitors.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Parisa Shahpouri
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
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Maiti S, Heyden M. Model-Dependent Solvation of the K-18 Domain of the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Tau. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:7220-7230. [PMID: 37556237 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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A known imbalance between intra-protein and protein-water interactions in many empirical force fields results in collapsed conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins in explicit solvent simulations that disagree with experiments. Multiple strategies have been introduced in the literature to modify protein-water interactions, which improve agreement between experiments and simulations. In this work, we combine simulations with standard and modified force fields with a spatially resolved analysis of solvation free energy contributions and compare the consequences of each strategy. We find that enhanced Lennard-Jones (LJ) interactions between protein atoms and water oxygens primarily improve the solvation of nonpolar functional groups of the protein. In contrast, modified electrostatics in the water model or strengthened LJ interactions between the protein and water hydrogens mainly affect the hydration of polar functional groups. Modified electrostatics further impact the average orientation of water molecules in the hydration shell. As a result, protein-water interactions with the first hydration layers are strengthened, while interactions with water molecules in higher hydration shells are weakened. Hence, distinct strategies to balance intra-protein and protein-water interactions in simulations have qualitatively different effects on protein solvation. These differences are not necessarily captured by comparisons to experiments that report on global parameters describing protein conformational ensembles, e.g., the radius of gyration, but will influence the tendency of a protein to form aggregates or phase-separated droplets.
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- Sthitadhi Maiti
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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Martin GM, Patton BL, Shyng SL. K ATP channels in focus: Progress toward a structural understanding of ligand regulation. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2023; 79:102541. [PMID: 36807078 PMCID: PMC10023423 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2023.102541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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KATP channels are hetero-octameric complexes of four inward rectifying potassium channels, Kir6.1 or Kir6.2, and four sulfonylurea receptors, SUR1, SUR2A, or SUR2B from the ABC transporter family. This unique combination enables KATP channels to couple intracellular ATP/ADP ratios, through gating, with membrane excitability, thus regulating a broad range of cellular activities. The prominence of KATP channels in human physiology, disease, and pharmacology has long attracted research interest. Since 2017, a steady flow of high-resolution KATP cryoEM structures has revealed complex and dynamic interactions between channel subunits and their ligands. Here, we highlight insights from recent structures that begin to provide mechanistic explanations for decades of experimental data and discuss the remaining knowledge gaps in our understanding of KATP channel regulation.
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- Gregory M Martin
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
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Walczewska-Szewc K, Nowak W. Structural Insights into ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Mechanics: A Role of Intrinsically Disordered Regions. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:1806-1818. [PMID: 36746748 PMCID: PMC10052335 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Commonly used techniques, such as CryoEM or X-ray, are not able to capture the structural reorganizations of disordered regions of proteins (IDR); therefore, it is difficult to assess their functions in proteins based exclusively on experiments. To fill this gap, we used computational molecular dynamics (MD) simulation methods to capture IDR dynamics and trace biological function-related interactions in the Kir6.2/SUR1 potassium channel. This ATP-sensitive octameric complex, one of the critical elements in the insulin secretion process in human pancreatic β-cells, has four to five large, disordered fragments. Using unique MD simulations of the full Kir6.2/SUR1 channel complex, we present an in-depth analysis of the dynamics of the disordered regions and discuss the possible functions they could have in this system. Our MD results confirmed the crucial role of the N-terminus of the Kir6.2 fragment and the L0-loop of the SUR1 protein in the transfer of mechanical signals between domains that trigger insulin release. Moreover, we show that the presence of IDRs affects natural ligand binding. Our research takes us one step further toward understanding the action of this vital complex.
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- Katarzyna Walczewska-Szewc
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, ul. Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, ul. Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: An Overview. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214050. [PMID: 36430530 PMCID: PMC9693201 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Many proteins and protein segments cannot attain a single stable three-dimensional structure under physiological conditions; instead, they adopt multiple interconverting conformational states. Such intrinsically disordered proteins or protein segments are highly abundant across proteomes, and are involved in various effector functions. This review focuses on different aspects of disordered proteins and disordered protein regions, which form the basis of the so-called "Disorder-function paradigm" of proteins. Additionally, various experimental approaches and computational tools used for characterizing disordered regions in proteins are discussed. Finally, the role of disordered proteins in diseases and their utility as potential drug targets are explored.
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He G, Tian W, Qin L, Meng L, Wu D, Huang Y, Li D, Zhao D, He T. Identification of novel heavy metal detoxification proteins in Solanum tuberosum: Insights to improve food security protection from metal ion stress. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 779:146197. [PMID: 33744586 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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With increasingly serious environmental pollution problems, research has focused on identifying functional genes within plants that can help ensure food security and soil governance. In particular, plants seem to have been able to evolve specific functional genes to respond to environmental changes by losing partial gene functions, thereby representing a novel adaptation mechanism. Herein, a new category of functional genes was identified and investigated, providing new directions for understanding heavy metal detoxification mechanisms. Interestingly, this category of proteins appears to exhibit specific complexing functions for heavy metals. Further, a new approach was established to evaluate ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family functions using microRNA targeted inhibition. Moreover, mutant and functional genes were identified for future research targets. Expression profiling under five heavy metal stress treatments provided an important framework to further study defense responses of plants to metal exposure. In conclusion, the new insights identified here provide a theoretical basis and reference to better understand the mechanisms of heavy metal tolerance in potato plants. Further, these new data provide additional directions and foundations for mining gene resources for heavy metal tolerance genes to improve safe, green crop production and plant treatment of heavy metal soil pollution.
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- Guandi He
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering and College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering and College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering and College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Science, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; Institute of New Rural Development of Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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Bickers SC, Benlekbir S, Rubinstein JL, Kanelis V. Structure of Ycf1p reveals the transmembrane domain TMD0 and the regulatory region of ABCC transporters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2025853118. [PMID: 34021087 PMCID: PMC8166025 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025853118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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ATP binding cassette (ABC) proteins typically function in active transport of solutes across membranes. The ABC core structure is composed of two transmembrane domains (TMD1 and TMD2) and two cytosolic nucleotide binding domains (NBD1 and NBD2). Some members of the C-subfamily of ABC (ABCC) proteins, including human multidrug resistance proteins (MRPs), also possess an N-terminal transmembrane domain (TMD0) that contains five transmembrane α-helices and is connected to the ABC core by the L0 linker. While TMD0 was resolved in SUR1, the atypical ABCC protein that is part of the hetero-octameric ATP-sensitive K+ channel, little is known about the structure of TMD0 in monomeric ABC transporters. Here, we present the structure of yeast cadmium factor 1 protein (Ycf1p), a homolog of human MRP1, determined by electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM). A comparison of Ycf1p, SUR1, and a structure of MRP1 that showed TMD0 at low resolution demonstrates that TMD0 can adopt different orientations relative to the ABC core, including a ∼145° rotation between Ycf1p and SUR1. The cryo-EM map also reveals that segments of the regulatory (R) region, which links NBD1 to TMD2 and was poorly resolved in earlier ABCC structures, interacts with the L0 linker, NBD1, and TMD2. These interactions, combined with fluorescence quenching experiments of isolated NBD1 with and without the R region, suggest how posttranslational modifications of the R region modulate ABC protein activity. Mapping known mutations from MRP2 and MRP6 onto the Ycf1p structure explains how mutations involving TMD0 and the R region of these proteins lead to disease.
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- Sarah C Bickers
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
- Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada;
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada;
- Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada
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Ford RC, Hellmich UA. What monomeric nucleotide binding domains can teach us about dimeric ABC proteins. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:3857-3875. [PMID: 32880928 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The classic conceptualization of ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter function is an ATP-dependent conformational change coupled to transport of a substrate across a biological membrane via the transmembrane domains (TMDs). The binding of two ATP molecules within the transporter's two nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) induces their dimerization. Despite retaining the ability to bind nucleotides, isolated NBDs frequently fail to dimerize. ABC proteins without a TMD, for example ABCE and ABCF, have NBDs tethered via elaborate linkers, further supporting that NBD dimerization does not readily occur for isolated NBDs. Intriguingly, even in full-length transporters, the NBD-dimerized, outward-facing state is not as frequently observed as might be expected. This leads to questions regarding what drives NBD interaction and the role of the TMDs or linkers. Understanding the NBD-nucleotide interaction and the subsequent NBD dimerization is thus pivotal for understanding ABC transporter activity in general. Here, we hope to provide new insights into ABC protein function by discussing the perplexing issue of (missing) NBD dimerization in isolation and in the context of full-length ABC proteins.
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- Robert C Ford
- Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.,Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Lemieux MJ, Overduin M. Structure and function of proteins in membranes and nanodiscs. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1863:183445. [PMID: 32841614 PMCID: PMC7443088 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The field of membrane structural biology represents a fast-moving field with exciting developments including native nanodiscs that allow preparation of complexes of post-translationally modified proteins bound to biological lipids. This has led to conceptual advances including biological membrane:protein assemblies or “memteins” as the fundamental functional units of biological membranes. Tools including cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography are maturing such that it is becoming increasingly feasible to solve structures of large, multicomponent complexes, while complementary methods including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy yield unique insights into interactions and dynamics. Challenges remain, including elucidating exactly how lipids and ligands are recognized at atomic resolution and transduce signals across asymmetric bilayers. In this special volume some of the latest thinking and methods are gathered through the analysis of a range of transmembrane targets. Ongoing work on areas including polymer design, protein labelling and microfluidic technologies will ensure continued progress on improving resolution and throughput, providing deeper understanding of this most important group of targets.
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- M Joanne Lemieux
- Department of Biochemistry, Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada.
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