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ReviewPharmacological reviews2008

Vertebrate membrane proteins: structure, function, and insights from biophysical approaches.

Daniel J Müller, Nan Wu, Krzysztof Palczewski

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Review in Pharmacological reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel J MüllerBiotechnology Center, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Nan Wu
Krzysztof Palczewski
TU Dresden · DECase Western Reserve University · US

Funding

REGULATION OF RHODOPSIN KINASE AND GUANYLATE CYCLASER01EY008061 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 1994 to 2014
$9.5M
STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORSR01GM079191 · NIGMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 2007 to 2010
$845k
IMAGING OF ROD OUTER SEGMENT BY CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHYR21EY017004 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI PALCZEWSKI, KRZYSZTOF · 2007 to 2008
$420k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY008061NEI NIH HHS R01EY008061NEI NIH HHS R03EY017004NEI NIH HHS R21 EY017004NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079191NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM079191
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane proteins are key targets for pharmacological intervention because they are vital for cellular function. Here, we analyze recent progress made in the understanding of the structure and function of membrane proteins with a focus on rhodopsin and development of atomic force microscopy techniques to study biological membranes. Membrane proteins are compartmentalized to carry out extra- and intracellular processes. Biological membranes are densely populated with membrane proteins that occupy approximately 50% of their volume. In most cases membranes contain lipid rafts, protein patches, or paracrystalline formations that lack the higher-order symmetry that would allow them to be characterized by diffraction methods. Despite many technical difficulties, several crystal structures of membrane proteins that illustrate their internal structural organization have been determined. Moreover, high-resolution atomic force microscopy, near-field scanning optical microscopy, and other lower resolution techniques have been used to investigate these structures. Single-molecule force spectroscopy tracks interactions that stabilize membrane proteins and those that switch their functional state; this spectroscopy can be applied to locate a ligand-binding site. Recent development of this technique also reveals the energy landscape of a membrane protein, defining its folding, reaction pathways, and kinetics. Future development and application of novel approaches during the coming years should provide even greater insights to the understanding of biological membrane organization and function.

Indexed as

Membrane ProteinsAnimalsCell MembraneCrystallographyHumansMicroscopyProtein ConformationSpectrum AnalysisMembrane Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18321962
PMCPMC2561275
OpenAlexW2118698909

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