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ArticleNature communications2015

Quantifying the stabilizing effects of protein-ligand interactions in the gas phase.

Timothy M Allison, Eamonn Reading, Idlir Liko, Andrew J Baldwin, Arthur Laganowsky, Carol V Robinson

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.

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76citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 165 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy M AllisonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 5QY, UK.
Eamonn ReadingDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 5QY, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8219-0052
Idlir LikoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 5QY, UK.
Andrew J BaldwinDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 5QY, UK.
Arthur LaganowskyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 5QY, UK.
Carol V RobinsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 5QY, UK.
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilEuropean Research Council 268851Medical Research Council MC_PC_12020Medical Research Council MC_PC_13073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effects of protein-ligand interactions on protein stability are typically monitored by a number of established solution-phase assays. Few translate readily to membrane proteins. We have developed an ion-mobility mass spectrometry approach, which discerns ligand binding to both soluble and membrane proteins directly via both changes in mass and ion mobility, and assesses the effects of these interactions on protein stability through measuring resistance to unfolding. Protein unfolding is induced through collisional activation, which causes changes in protein structure and consequently gas-phase mobility. This enables detailed characterization of the ligand-binding effects on the protein with unprecedented sensitivity. Here we describe the method and software required to extract from ion mobility data the parameters that enable a quantitative analysis of individual binding events. This methodology holds great promise for investigating biologically significant interactions between membrane proteins and both drugs and lipids that are recalcitrant to characterization by other means.

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HumansLigandsMass SpectrometryModels, MolecularProtein BindingProteinsProtein StabilityProtein UnfoldingLigandsProteins

Identifiers

PMID26440106
PMCPMC4600733
OpenAlexW2412083062

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