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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2008

Quality control of overexpressed membrane proteins.

Eric R Geertsma, Maarten Groeneveld, Dirk-Jan Slotboom, Bert Poolman

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

96 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eric R GeertsmaDepartment of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Maarten Groeneveld
Dirk-Jan Slotboom
Bert Poolman
University of Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overexpression of membrane proteins in Escherichia coli frequently leads to the formation of aggregates or inclusion bodies, which is undesirable for most studies. Ideally, one would like to optimize the expression conditions by monitoring simultaneously and rapidly both the amounts of properly folded and aggregated membrane protein, a requirement not met by any of the currently available methods. Here, we describe a simple gel-based approach with green fluorescent protein as folding indicator to detect well folded and aggregated proteins simultaneously. The method allows for rapid screening and, importantly, pinpointing the most likely bottlenecks in protein production.

Indexed as

Cloning, MolecularEscherichia coliGene ExpressionGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMembrane ProteinsProtein FoldingQuality ControlGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMembrane Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18391190
PMCPMC2311375
OpenAlexW2115728811

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