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ArticleAnnual review of biophysics2018

Nanodiscs: A Controlled Bilayer Surface for the Study of Membrane Proteins.

Mark A McLean, Michael C Gregory, Stephen G Sligar

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Article in Annual review of biophysics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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45 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The Nanodisc System for Investigating Protein-Lipid Interactions.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  17. Cryo-EM Analysis of the Lipopolysaccharide Flippase MsbA.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mark A McLeanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA; email: m-mclean@illinois.edu, gregory6@illinois.edu, s-sligar@illinois.edu.
Michael C GregoryDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA; email: m-mclean@illinois.edu, gregory6@illinois.edu, s-sligar@illinois.edu.
Stephen G SligarDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA; email: m-mclean@illinois.edu, gregory6@illinois.edu, s-sligar@illinois.edu.

Funding

Nanoscale Approaches to Understanding Membrane Protein FunctionR35GM118145 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI STEPHEN G. SLIGAR · 2016 to 2026
$7.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of membrane proteins and receptors presents many challenges to researchers wishing to perform biophysical measurements to determine the structure, function, and mechanism of action of such components. In most cases, to be fully functional, proteins and receptors require the presence of a native phospholipid bilayer. In addition, many complex multiprotein assemblies involved in cellular communication require an integral membrane protein as well as a membrane surface for assembly and information transfer to soluble partners in a signaling cascade. Incorporation of membrane proteins into Nanodiscs renders the target soluble and provides a native bilayer environment with precisely controlled composition of lipids, cholesterol, and other components. Likewise, Nanodiscs provide a surface of defined area useful in revealing lipid specificity and affinities for the assembly of signaling complexes. In this review, we highlight several biophysical techniques made possible through the use of Nanodiscs.

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blood coagulationcancer signalingfluorescenceintegrin activationmembrane proteinNanodisc

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PMID29494254
PMCPMC6370528

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