scholarly journals Large-scale production and protein engineering of G protein-coupled receptors for structural studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalibor Milić ◽  
Dmitry B. Veprintsev
2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (29) ◽  
pp. 11925-11930 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Cook ◽  
D. Steuerwald ◽  
L. Kaiser ◽  
J. Graveland-Bikker ◽  
M. Vanberghem ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 386 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin Michalke ◽  
Marie-Eve Gravière ◽  
Céline Huyghe ◽  
Renaud Vincentelli ◽  
Renaud Wagner ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Klammt ◽  
Daniel Schwarz ◽  
Nora Eifler ◽  
Andreas Engel ◽  
Jacob Piehler ◽  
...  

Starch is the major storage carbohydrate of plant products. Amylases are the group of enzymes hydrolyzes starch and related polymers to smaller oligosaccharides and less amount of monosaccharide. Microbes are the major sources of amylases, exploited for large scale production in different industries. Recently, protein engineering has been applied to improve the structural and physicochemical properties of the enzyme for its potential applications. Amylases are mostly used for liquefaction of starch in the purpose of glucose, maltose, and high fructose containing syrup preparation, malto-oligosaccharides production, desizing, production of bio-fuel, detergent preparation, waste management, and preparation of digestive aids.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 377-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Stauch ◽  
Vadim Cherezov

G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent a large superfamily of membrane proteins that mediate cell signaling and regulate a variety of physiological processes in the human body. Structure-function studies of this superfamily were enabled a decade ago by multiple breakthroughs in technology that included receptor stabilization, crystallization in a membrane environment, and microcrystallography. The recent emergence of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has further accelerated structural studies of GPCRs and other challenging proteins by overcoming radiation damage and providing access to high-resolution structures and dynamics using micrometer-sized crystals. Here, we summarize key technology advancements and major milestones of GPCR research using XFELs and provide a brief outlook on future developments in the field.


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