A review of traditional and emerging methods to characterize lipid–protein interactions in biological membranes

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (17) ◽  
pp. 7076-7094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Yun Hsia ◽  
Mark J. Richards ◽  
Susan Daniel

Lipid–protein interactions are essential for modulating membrane protein structures and biological functions in the cell plasma membrane. In this review we describe the salient features of classical and emerging methodologies for studying protein–lipid interactions and their limitations.

2017 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 319a
Author(s):  
Marija Raguz ◽  
Laxman Mainali ◽  
William J. O‘Brien ◽  
Witold Karol Subczynski

Author(s):  
Balindile B. Motsa ◽  
Robert V. Stahelin

Lipid enveloped viruses contain a lipid bilayer coat that protects their genome to help facilitate entry into the new host cell. This lipid bilayer comes from the host cell which they infect. After viral replication, the mature virion hijacks the host cell plasma membrane where it is then released to infect new cells. This process is facilitated by the interaction between phospholipids that make up the plasma membrane and specialized viral matrix proteins. This step in the viral lifecycle may represent a viable therapeutic strategy for small molecules that aim to block enveloped virus spread. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the role of plasma membrane lipid–protein interactions on viral assembly and budding.


Langmuir ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 2963-2974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Richards ◽  
Chih-Yun Hsia ◽  
Rohit R. Singh ◽  
Huma Haider ◽  
Julia Kumpf ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jani Reddy Bolla ◽  
Mark T. Agasid ◽  
Shahid Mehmood ◽  
Carol V. Robinson

Membrane proteins that exist in lipid bilayers are not isolated molecular entities. The lipid molecules that surround them play crucial roles in maintaining their full structural and functional integrity. Research directed at investigating these critical lipid–protein interactions is developing rapidly. Advancements in both instrumentation and software, as well as in key biophysical and biochemical techniques, are accelerating the field. In this review, we provide a brief outline of structural techniques used to probe protein–lipid interactions and focus on the molecular aspects of these interactions obtained from native mass spectrometry (native MS). We highlight examples in which lipids have been shown to modulate membrane protein structure and show how native MS has emerged as a complementary technique to X-ray crystallography and cryo–electron microscopy. We conclude with a short perspective on future developments that aim to better understand protein–lipid interactions in the native environment.


2010 ◽  
Vol 397 (8) ◽  
pp. 3339-3347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Weghuber ◽  
Stefan Sunzenauer ◽  
Birgit Plochberger ◽  
Mario Brameshuber ◽  
Thomas Haselgrübler ◽  
...  

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