Design and characterization of a membrane protein unfolding platform in lipid bilayers.

Accurate measurement of membrane protein stability--and particularly how it may vary as a result of disease-phenotypic mutations--ideally requires a denaturant that can unfold a membrane-embedded structure while leaving the solubilizing environment unaffected. The steric trap method fulfills this re...

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Main Authors: Vincent G Nadeau, Anqi Gao, Charles M Deber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4370600?pdf=render