Abstract
We provide an overview of lipid-dependent polytopic membrane protein topogenesis, with particular emphasis on Escherichia coli strains genetically altered in their lipid composition and strategies for experimentally determining the transmembrane organization of proteins. A variety of reagents and experimental strategies are described including the use of lipid mutants and thiol-specific chemical reagents to study lipid-dependent and host-specific membrane protein topogenesis by substituted cysteine site-directed chemical labeling. Employing strains in which lipid composition can be controlled temporally during membrane protein synthesis and assembly provides a means to observe dynamic changes in protein topology as a function of membrane lipid composition.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 148-171 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Methods |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 2 SPEC. ISS. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cysteine scanning
- Maleimides
- Membrane protein
- Phosphatidylethanolamine
- Phospholipid
- Protein topology
- Topogenesis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)