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ArticleBiochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes2024

Factors influencing the detergent-free membrane protein isolation using synthetic nanodisc-forming polymers.

Bankala Krishnarjuna, Gaurav Sharma, Thirupathi Ravula, Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy

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Article in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Advances in native cell membrane nanoparticles system.Current opinion in structural biology · 2025
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  2. Discovery of Therapeutic Antibodies Targeting Complex Multi-Spanning Membrane Proteins.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024
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  3. Nanodiscs for the study of membrane proteins.Current opinion in structural biology · 2024
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  6. Sulfonated polystyrenes: pH and MgEuropean polymer journal · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bankala KrishnarjunaBiophysics Program, Department of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Gaurav SharmaBiophysics Program, Department of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Thirupathi RavulaBiophysics Program, Department of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Ayyalusamy RamamoorthyNational High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA. Electronic address: aramamoorthy@fsu.edu.
University of Michigan · USFlorida State University · US

Funding

Dynamics, Regulation and Function of p53 in Single CellsR35GM139572 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI Galit Lahav · 2021 to 2026
$4.7M
Development of biophysical approaches to investigate high-resolution structure and dynamics of membrane proteinsR35GM139573 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy · 2021 to 2026
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139572NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The detergent-free isolation of membrane proteins using synthetic polymers is becoming the desired approach for functional and structural studies of membrane proteins. Since the expression levels for many membrane proteins are low and a high yield of functionalized reconstituted membrane proteins is essential for in vitro studies, it is crucial to optimize the experimental conditions for a given polymer to solubilize target membranes/proteins effectively. The factors that affect membrane solubilization and subsequently the isolation of a target membrane protein include polymer concentration, polymer charge, temperature, pH, and concentration of divalent metal ions. Therefore, it is important to have knowledge about the efficacy of different types of polymers in solubilizing cell membranes. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of inulin-based non-ionic polymers in solubilizing E. coli membranes enriched with rat flavin mononucleotide binding-domain (FBD) of cytochrome-P450-reductase (CPR) and rabbit cytochrome-b5 (Cyt-b5) under various solubilization conditions. Our results show that a 1:1 (w/w) membrane:polymer ratio, low temperature, high pH and sub-millimolar concentration of metal ions favor the solubilization of E. coli membranes enriched with FBD or Cyt-b5. Conversely, the presence of excess divalent metal ions affected the final protein levels in the polymer-solubilized samples. We believe that the results from this study provide knowledge to assess and plan the use of non-ionic polymers in membrane protein studies.

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Escherichia coliMembrane ProteinsAnimalsCell MembraneIonsPolymersRabbitsRatsIonsMembrane ProteinsPolymersCytochrome-b5E. coli membraneFBDMembrane solubilizationNon-ionic polymer

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