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Membrane Protein Structure and Function Characterization

Methods and Protocols

  • Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols
  • Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results
  • Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 1635)

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Table of contents (21 protocols)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Recombinant Overexpression of Mammalian TSPO Isoforms 1 and 2

    • Lucile Senicourt, Soria Iatmanen-Harbi, Claude Hattab, Mariano Anibal Ostuni, Marie-France Giraud, Jean-Jacques Lacapere
    Pages 1-25
  3. Functional Assembly of Soluble and Membrane Recombinant Proteins of Mammalian NADPH Oxidase Complex

    • Hajer Souabni, Aymen Ezzine, Tania Bizouarn, Laura Baciou
    Pages 27-43
  4. Direct Extraction and Purification of Recombinant Membrane Proteins from Pichia pastoris Protoplasts

    • Lucie Hartmann, Estelle Metzger, Noémie Ottelard, Renaud Wagner
    Pages 45-56
  5. Cell-Free Expression for the Study of Hydrophobic Proteins: The Example of Yeast ATP-Synthase Subunits

    • Isabelle Larrieu, James Tolchard, Corinne Sanchez, Edmond Yazo Kone, Alexandre Barras, Claire Stines-Chaumeil et al.
    Pages 57-90
  6. Wheat Germ Cell-Free Overexpression for the Production of Membrane Proteins

    • Marie-Laure Fogeron, Aurélie Badillo, François Penin, Anja Böckmann
    Pages 91-108
  7. Methyl-Specific Isotope Labeling Strategies for NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins

    • Vilius Kurauskas, Paul Schanda, Remy Sounier
    Pages 109-123
  8. Labeling of Membrane Complexes for Electron Microscopy

    • Francesca Gubellini, Rémi Fronzes
    Pages 125-138
  9. Expression, Biochemistry, and Stabilization with Camel Antibodies of Membrane Proteins: Case Study of the Mouse 5-HT3 Receptor

    • Ghérici Hassaïne, Cédric Deluz, Luigino Grasso, Romain Wyss, Ruud Hovius, Henning Stahlberg et al.
    Pages 139-168
  10. Secondary Structure Determination by Means of ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy

    • Batoul Srour, Stefan Bruechert, Susana L. A. Andrade, Petra Hellwig
    Pages 195-203
  11. Native Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization of Structure and Interactions of Membrane Proteins

    • Jeroen F. van Dyck, Albert Konijnenberg, Frank Sobott
    Pages 205-232
  12. Mass Spectrometry of Mitochondrial Membrane Protein Complexes

    • Luc Negroni, Michel Zivy, Claire Lemaire
    Pages 233-246
  13. Reconstitution of Membrane Proteins in Liposomes

    • Alice Verchère, Isabelle Broutin, Martin Picard
    Pages 259-282
  14. Ion Channels as Reporters of Membrane Receptor Function: Automated Analysis in Xenopus Oocytes

    • Michel Vivaudou, Zlatomir Todorov, Gina Catalina Reyes-Mejia, Christophe Moreau
    Pages 283-301
  15. The CRACAM Robot: Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Membrane Protein

    • Philippe Rosier, Frédéric Gélébart, Nicolas Dumesnil, Gauthier Esnot, Manuela Dezi, Marc Morand et al.
    Pages 303-316
  16. Reconstitution of Membrane Proteins into Nanodiscs for Single-Particle Electron Microscopy

    • Laetitia Daury, Jean-Christophe Taveau, Dimitri Salvador, Marie Glavier, Olivier Lambert
    Pages 317-327
  17. Solid-State NMR of Membrane Protein Reconstituted in Proteoliposomes, the Case of TSPO

    • Lucile Senicourt, Luminita Duma, Vassilios Papadopoulos, Jean-Jacques Lacapere
    Pages 329-344
  18. Sample Preparation for Membrane Protein Structural Studies by Solid-State NMR

    • Denis Lacabanne, Britta Kunert, Carole Gardiennet, Beat H. Meier, Anja Bo¨ckmann
    Pages 345-358

About this book

In this present volume, different approaches are detailed to produce membrane proteins, purify them, study their function, determine their structure, and model them in membrane. Since every membrane protein behaves mostly in a unique way /fashion, knowledge of guidelines and tricks may help to increase chances to express, purify and characterize a peculiar membrane protein. Production of correctly folded protein remains a challenge. Moreover, getting a functional and stable protein requires to optimize membrane mimicking environments that can be detergent or artificial membranes. In some cases, the finding of the correct ligand which will stabilize the desired conformation is needed. In other cases, stabilization can be obtained using specific antibodies. This volume also presents different techniques to analyze the functional status of membrane proteins. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters in Membrane Protein Structure andFunction Characterization: Methods and Protocols provide different techniques to analyze the functional and structural status of membrane proteins.  Chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Authoritative and practical, Membrane Protein Structure and Function Characterization: Methods and Protocols aims to ensure successful results in the further study of this vital field. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Département de Chimie, CNRS UMR 7203 LBM, Sorbonne Universités—UPMC Univ Paris 06, École Normale Supérieure—PSL Research University, Paris, France

    Jean-Jacques Lacapere

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Membrane Protein Structure and Function Characterization

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Protocols

  • Editors: Jean-Jacques Lacapere

  • Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7151-0

  • Publisher: Humana New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Protocols

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7149-7Published: 30 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8399-5Published: 10 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-7151-0Published: 27 July 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1064-3745

  • Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 419

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Protein Science

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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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