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ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry

Highlighting membrane protein structure and function: A celebration of the Protein Data Bank.

Fei Li, Pascal F Egea, Alex J Vecchio, Ignacio Asial, Meghna Gupta, Joana Paulino, Ruchika Bajaj, Miles Sasha Dickinson, Shelagh Ferguson-Miller, Brian C Monk and 1 more

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Challenges of Protein-Protein Docking of the Membrane Proteins.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  18. AFTM: a database of transmembrane regions in the human proteome predicted by AlphaFold.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Fei LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Pascal F EgeaDepartment of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Alex J VecchioDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Ignacio AsialDotBio Pte. Ltd, Singapore, Singapore.
Meghna GuptaDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Joana PaulinoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ruchika BajajDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Miles Sasha DickinsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Shelagh Ferguson-MillerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Brian C MonkSir John Walsh Research Institute and Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago, North Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Robert M StroudDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. Electronic address: stroud@msg.ucsf.edu.

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF PROTEINS AT MOLECULAR LEVELR01GM024485 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STROUD, ROBERT M · 1985 to 2024
$7.5M
ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
Molecular Basis for Transmembrane Conduction & SignalingR37GM024485 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STROUD, ROBERT M · 2007 to 2016
$4.7M
Structure and Assembly of Membrane Proteins at Tight JunctionsR35GM138368 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI Alex J. Vecchio · 2020 to 2026
$3.1M
Molecular Structure and Function of an Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondrion TetherR01GM120173 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI EGEA, PASCAL FRANCOIS · 2017 to 2021
$1.5M
Defining the role of the Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor/translocator protein (TSPO) in inflammatory and stress responses in microglial cellsby comparative analysisR21AG057951 · NIA · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI FERGUSON-MILLER, SHELAGH M · 2018 to 2019
$415k
Towards the reconstitution and a structure of the Plasmodium vacuolar transloconR21AI125983 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI EGEA, PASCAL FRANCOIS · 2016 to 2017
$406k
Structural Basis of Quantal ReleaseK99MH119591 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LI, FEI · 2019 to 2020
$242k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI125983NIA NIH HHS R21 AG057951NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM024485NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120173NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138368NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM024485NIMH NIH HHS K99 MH119591
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological membranes define the boundaries of cells and compartmentalize the chemical and physical processes required for life. Many biological processes are carried out by proteins embedded in or associated with such membranes. Determination of membrane protein (MP) structures at atomic or near-atomic resolution plays a vital role in elucidating their structural and functional impact in biology. This endeavor has determined 1198 unique MP structures as of early 2021. The value of these structures is expanded greatly by deposition of their three-dimensional (3D) coordinates into the Protein Data Bank (PDB) after the first atomic MP structure was elucidated in 1985. Since then, free access to MP structures facilitates broader and deeper understanding of MPs, which provides crucial new insights into their biological functions. Here we highlight the structural and functional biology of representative MPs and landmarks in the evolution of new technologies, with insights into key developments influenced by the PDB in magnifying their impact.

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Databases, ProteinHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyMembrane ProteinsProtein ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipMembrane Proteinsbioenergeticschanneldrug discoverylipid mimeticsmembrane proteinmembrane protein biogenesisprotein designreceptorstructure-functiontransmembrane transport

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PMID33744283
PMCPMC8102919

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