The MEMbrane Protein Single ShoT Amplification Recipe: MemStar.

Methods Enzymol

Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

Published: January 2018

Here, we present a simple overexpression condition for high-throughput screening of membrane proteins in Escherichia coli. For the vast majority of bacterial membrane protein targets tested the MEMbrane protein Single shoT Amplification Recipe-MemStar-leads to high production yields of target protein. The use of MemStar has facilitated structural studies of several transport proteins.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2017.05.010DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

membrane protein
12
protein single
8
single shot
8
shot amplification
8
membrane
4
amplification recipe
4
recipe memstar
4
memstar simple
4
simple overexpression
4
overexpression condition
4

Similar Publications

Background Aims: The clinical translation of mesenchymal stromal cell secretome (MSC-S) has been challenging owing to a lack of appropriate methods in downstream processing. Dialysis is an age-old method of protein purification by the exchange of small molecules through a semi-permeable membrane. In this study, we investigated the potential of three forms of umbilical cord-derived MSC secretome (UC-MSC-S)-native (S), dialyzed (DS), and lyophilized (LDS)-for wound healing applications.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Extracellular vesicles in dry eye disease and Sjogren syndrome: A systematic review on their diagnostic and therapeutic role.

Surv Ophthalmol

January 2025

Centre for Ocular Regeneration (CORE), L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Prof. Krothapalli Ravindranath Ophthalmic Research Biorepository, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), defined as membrane-bound vesicles released from all cells, are being explored for their diagnostic and therapeutic role in dry eye disease (DED). We systematically shortlisted 32 articles on the role of EVs in diagnosing and treating DED. The systematic review covers the progress in the last 2 decades about the classification and isolation of EVs and their role in DED.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Thymol inhibits ergosterol biosynthesis in Nakaseomyces glabratus, but differently from azole antifungals.

J Mycol Med

December 2024

Invasive Fungi Research Center, Communicable Diseases Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Department of Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Electronic address:

Introduction: Nakaseomyces glabratus is considered a high priority of attention according to WHO, and also is an important yeast species due to its high rate of intrinsic/acquired resistance against fluconazole. This study aimed at the possible mechanisms of action of thymol, as the promising new antifungal agent, in N. glabratus.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Here we characterize seven Cx30.3 gene variants (R22H, S26Y, P61R, C86S, E99K, T130M and M190L) clinically associated with the rare skin disorder erythrokeratodermia variabilis et progressiva (EKVP) in tissue-relevant and differentiation-competent rat epidermal keratinocytes (REKs). We found that all variants, when expressed alone or together with wildtype (WT) Cx30.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Screening a library of temperature-sensitive mutants to identify secretion factors in .

J Bacteriol

January 2025

Department of Microbiology, Howard Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Protein secretion is an essential cell process in bacteria, required for cell envelope biogenesis, export of virulence factors, and acquisition of nutrients, among other important functions. In the Sec secretion pathway, signal peptide-bearing precursors are recognized by the SecA ATPase and pushed across the membrane through a translocon channel made of the proteins SecY, SecE, and SecG. The Sec pathway has been extensively studied in the model organism , but the Sec pathways of other bacteria such as the human pathogen differ in important ways from this model.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!