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ArticleBiochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes2025

Polymer nanodiscs support the functional extraction of an artificial transmembrane cytochrome.

Benjamin J Hardy, Holly C Ford, May Rudin, J L Ross Anderson, Paul Curnow

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Article in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Benjamin J HardySchool of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK.
Holly C FordSchool of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK.
May RudinSchool of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK.
J L Ross AndersonSchool of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK.
Paul CurnowSchool of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK. Electronic address: p.curnow@bristol.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/W003449/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymer nanodiscs are an attractive alternative to surfactants for studying integral membrane proteins within their native lipid environment. Here, we investigate the use of such polymers to isolate a computationally-designed de novo membrane cytochrome named CytbX. We show that the block copolymers known as CyclAPols can efficiently extract CytbX directly from biomembranes and are compatible with the downstream purification and biophysical characterisation of this artificial protein. CyclAPol-solubilised CytbX is well-folded and highly robust with properties that are essentially identical to those observed for the same protein in a detergent micelle. However, electron transfer to CytbX from a diffusive flavoprotein is substantially faster in micelles than in the nanodisc system. Our results confirm that polymer nanodiscs will be a useful tool for the ongoing study and application of de novo membrane proteins.

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Membrane ProteinsNanostructuresCytochromesElectron TransportLipid BilayersMicellesPolymersCytochromesLipid BilayersMembrane ProteinsMicellesPolymersCytochromeMembrane protein purificationPolymer nanodiscProtein design

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PMID39414100
PMCPMC7618366

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