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Book Crystallization of Membrane Proteins

Download or read book Crystallization of Membrane Proteins written by Hartmut Michel and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The precise knowledge of the structure of biological macromolecules forms the basis of understanding their function and their mechanism of action. It also lays the foundation for rational protein and drug design. The only method to obtain this knowledge is still crystallography. At present, the structures of about 400 proteins are known at or nearly at atomic proteins. However, only two of them are membrane proteins or complexes of the membrane proteins. The reasons for the difference is not the crystals of membrane proteins resists forming special problems when being analysed. The reason is that the membrane proteins resist into forming into well-ordered crystals. The intention of this book is to help to produce well-ordered crystals proteins and to provide guidelines, it is aimed at both biochemists and protein crystallographer‘s.

Book Membrane Protein Crystallization

Download or read book Membrane Protein Crystallization written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Current Topics in Membranes focuses on Membrane Protein Crystallization, beginning with a review of past successes and general trends, then further discussing challenges of mebranes protein crystallization, cell free production of membrane proteins and novel lipids for membrane protein crystallization. This publication also includes tools to enchance membrane protein crystallization, technique advancements, and crystallization strategies used for photosystem I and its complexes, establishing Membrane Protein Crystallization as a needed, practical reference for researchers.

Book Protein Crystallization

    Book Details:
  • Author : Terese M. Bergfors
  • Publisher : Internat'l University Line
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 0972077448
  • Pages : 505 pages

Download or read book Protein Crystallization written by Terese M. Bergfors and published by Internat'l University Line. This book was released on 2009 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Principles of Protein X Ray Crystallography

Download or read book Principles of Protein X Ray Crystallography written by Jan Drenth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: X-ray crystallography is an established method for studying the structure of proteins and other macromolecules. As the importance of proteins grows, researchers in many fields have found that a working knowledge of X-ray diffraction is an indispensable tool. In this new edition of his essential work, the internationally recognized researcher Dr. Jan Drenth offers an up-to-date and technically rigorous introduction to the subject, providing the theoretical background necessary to understand how the structure of proteins is determined at atomic resolution. New material in the 3rd edition includes a section on twinning, an additional chapter on crystal growth and a discussion of single-wavelength anomalous dispersion.

Book Electron Crystallography of Soluble and Membrane Proteins

Download or read book Electron Crystallography of Soluble and Membrane Proteins written by Ingeborg Schmidt-Krey and published by Humana Press. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic principle of electron crystallography is to calculate a 3D density map by combining the amplitudes obtained from electron diffraction patterns with the experimental phases calculated from images of two-dimensional crystals of membrane or soluble proteins. This technology is very well developed and has produced a number of atomic models of membrane proteins in a lipid environment. Focused on comprehensive experimental protocols, Electron Crystallography of Soluble and Membrane Proteins: Methods and Protocols covers the entire range of techniques used in electron crystallography, including protein sample preparation, 2D crystallization, and screening in negative stain over electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) and data processing, as well as modeling of conformational changes. Additional chapters provide perspective on past, present, and future challenges as well as complementary methods. Written for the popular Methods in Molecular BiologyTM series, the work contains the kind of detailed descriptions and implementation advice necessary to ensure successful results. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, Electron Crystallography of Soluble and Membrane Proteins: Methods and Protocols serves laboratories new to the methods as well as state-of-the-art facilities pursuing this exciting area of protein science.

Book Crystals  X rays and Proteins

Download or read book Crystals X rays and Proteins written by Dennis Sherwood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information derived from X-ray crystal structures of biological molecules allows us to explain their functions in living organisms in extraordinary detail, and to develop drugs to treat disease. This book describes the principles and practice of X-ray diffraction as a key technique at the forefront of new discoveries in biology and medicine.

Book Crystallization of Nucleic Acids and Proteins

Download or read book Crystallization of Nucleic Acids and Proteins written by Arnaud Ducruix and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1999-10-21 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crystallography is the major method of determining structures of biological macromolecules yet crystallization techniques are still regarded as difficult to perform. This new edition of Crystallization of Nucliec Acids and Proteins: A Practical Approach continues in the vein of the first edition by providing a detailed and rational guide to producing crystals of proteins and nucleic acids of sufficient quantity and quality for diffraction studies. It has been thoroughly updated to include all the major new techniques such as the uses of molecular biology in structural biology (maximizing expression systems, sequence modifications to enable crystallization, and the introduction of anomalous scatterers); diagnostic analysis of prenucleation and nucleation by spectroscopic methods; and the two- dimensional electron crystallography of soluble proteins on planar lipid films. As well as an introduction to crystallogenesis, the other topics covered are: Handling macromolecular solutions, experimental design, seeding, proceeding from solutions to crystals Crystallization in gels Crystallization of nucleic acid complexes and membrane proteins Soaking techniques Preliminary characterization of crystals in order to tell whether they are suitable for diffraction studies. As with all Practical Approach books the protocols have been written by experienced researchers and are tried an tested methods. The underlying theory is brought together with the laboratory protocols to provide researchers with the conceptual and methodological tools necessary to exploit these powerful techniques. Crystallization of Nucliec Acids and Proteins: A Practical Approach 2e will be an invaluable manual of practical crystallization methods to researchers in molecular biology, crystallography, protein engineering, and biological chemistry.

Book Membrane Protein Crystallization

Download or read book Membrane Protein Crystallization written by Shahab Rouhani-Manshadi and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Protein Crystallization Strategies for Structural Genomics

Download or read book Protein Crystallization Strategies for Structural Genomics written by Naomi E. Chayen and published by Internat'l University Line. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Strategies For Two dimensional Crystallization Of Proteins Using Lipid Monolayers

Download or read book Strategies For Two dimensional Crystallization Of Proteins Using Lipid Monolayers written by Jens Dietrich and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-06-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategies for Two-Dimensional Crystallization of Proteins Using Lipid Monolayers presents an overview of different methods that lead to structure determination by electron microscopy. These methods have proven to be extremely successful, especially for elucidating the structure of membrane proteins. Electron crystallography has become an important tool for structure determination of such proteins. This book covers the different practical approaches to two-dimensional crystallization of soluble as well as membrane proteins. From there it takes the reader to equally important issues, such as sample transfer and sample preparation for electron microscopy. In addition, the text provides an introduction to membrane protein structural biology and cryo-electron crystallography, as well as an in-depth discussion on two-dimensional crystallization and surface crystallization./a

Book Current Trends in X Ray Crystallography

Download or read book Current Trends in X Ray Crystallography written by Annamalai Chandrasekaran and published by IntechOpen. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on X-ray Crystallography is a compilation of current trends in the use of X-ray crystallography and related structural determination methods in various fields. The methods covered here include single crystal small-molecule X-ray crystallography, macromolecular (protein) single crystal X-ray crystallography, and scattering and spectroscopic complimentary methods. The fields range from simple organic compounds, metal complexes to proteins, and also cover the meta-analyses of the database for weak interactions.

Book Advanced Topics on Crystal Growth

Download or read book Advanced Topics on Crystal Growth written by Sukarno Ferreira and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crystal growth is the key step of a great number of very important applications. The development of new devices and products, from the traditional microelectronic industry to pharmaceutical industry and many others, depends on crystallization processes. The objective of this book is not to cover all areas of crystal growth but just present, as specified in the title, important selected topics, as applied to organic and inorganic systems. All authors have been selected for being key researchers in their field of specialization, working in important universities and research labs around the world. The first section is mainly devoted to biological systems and covers topics like proteins, bone and ice crystallization. The second section brings some applications to inorganic systems and describes more general growth techniques like chemical vapor crystallization and electrodeposition. This book is mostly recommended for students working in the field of crystal growth and for scientists and engineers in the fields of crystalline materials, crystal engineering and the industrial applications of crystallization processes.

Book Study of Bacteriorhodopsin in a Controlled Lipid Environment

Download or read book Study of Bacteriorhodopsin in a Controlled Lipid Environment written by Vivien Yeh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the study of how the properties of nanodiscs, such as lipid composition and size, influence the function of the embedding integral membrane protein, bacteriorhodopsin. The author performed systematic studies to show that the lipid composition and the charge of the hydrophobic head and the structure of hydrophilic tails affect the photocycle pathway of bacteriorhodopsin, which is closely associated with its proton-pumping activity. Furthermore, the author demonstrated a highly efficient method for extracting membrane proteins directly from the biological membrane, preserving protein conformation, function and essential native lipids. This book demonstrates optimization and sample preparation, and presents practical methods of preparing membrane protein-embedded nanodisc samples for biophysical studies, which benefit structural and functional studies in the field of membrane protein characterization, both.

Book Femtosecond X ray Nanocrystallography of Membrane Proteins

Download or read book Femtosecond X ray Nanocrystallography of Membrane Proteins written by Mark Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Membrane proteins are very important for all living cells, being involved in respiration, photosynthesis, cellular uptake and signal transduction, amongst other vital functions. However, less than 300 unique membrane protein structures have been determined to date, often due to difficulties associated with the growth of sufficiently large and well-ordered crystals. This work has been focused on showing the first proof of concept for using membrane protein nanocrystals and microcrystals for high-resolution structure determination. Upon determining that crystals of the membrane protein Photosystem I, which is the largest and most complex membrane protein crystallized to date, exist with only a hundred unit cells with sizes of less than 200 nm on an edge, work was done to develop a technique that could exploit the growth of the Photosystem I nanocrystals and microcrystals. Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography was developed for use at the first high-energy X-ray free electron laser, the LCLS at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in which a liquid jet would bring fully hydrated Photosystem I nanocrystals into the interaction region of the pulsed X-ray source. Diffraction patterns were recorded from millions of individual PSI nanocrystals and data from thousands of different, randomly oriented crystallites were integrated using Monte Carlo integration of the peak intensities. The short pulses (70 fs) provided by the LCLS allowed the possibility to collect the diffraction data before the onset of radiation damage, exploiting the diffract-before-destroy principle. At the initial experiments at the AMO beamline using 6.9- & Aring wavelength, Bragg peaks were recorded to 8.5- & Aring resolution, and an electron-density map was determined that did not show any effects of X-ray-induced radiation damage. Recently, femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography experiments were done at the CXI beamline of the LCLS using 1.3- & Aring wavelength, and Bragg reflections were recorded to 3- & Aring resolution; the data are currently being processed. Many additional techniques still need to be developed to explore the femtosecond nanocrystallography technique for experimental phasing and time-resolved X-ray crystallography experiments. The first proof-of-principle results for the femtosecond nanocrystallography technique indicate the incredible potential of the technique to offer a new route to the structure determination of membrane proteins.

Book Crystallographic Methods and Protocols

Download or read book Crystallographic Methods and Protocols written by Christopher Jones and published by Humana PressInc. This book was released on 1996 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Crystallographic Methods and Protocols leading specialists in the application of X-ray crystallography to biological problems provide a basic and comprehensive guide to its successful use in obtaining detailed three-dimensional structures of proteins, nucleic acids, and their complexes. These deeply experienced researches describe in clear practical terms their proven methods for preparing samples, crystallizing and characterizing them, acquiring and analyzing data, and solving and refining structures. They then share how to apply these state-of-the-art techniques to nucleic acids, proteins, viruses, and membrane proteins, as well as to elucidating the structure of such macromolecules as synthetic nucleic acid oligomers and protein-nucleic acid complexes. Crystallographic Methods and Protocols offers rich insights into and broad understanding of the strengths and limitations of X-ray crystallography. It gives biologically trained workers ready access to a powerful technique capable of helping them to solve many of today's biologically relevant problems.

Book Lipid Bilayers

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Katsaras
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-06-29
  • ISBN : 366204496X
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Lipid Bilayers written by J. Katsaras and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the reader with an up to date insight of the current state of the art in the field of lipid bilayer research and the important insights derived for the understanding of the complex and varied behaviour of biological membranes and its function.