Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Insights into receptor structure and dynamics at the surface of living cells

  • Frederik Steiert,
  • Peter Schultz,
  • Siegfried Höfinger,
  • Thomas D. Müller,
  • Petra Schwille,
  • Thomas Weidemann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37284-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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It is challenging to approach protein structures in living cells. Here the authors investigate Interleukin-4 receptor alpha, which has a noncanonical amino acid incorporated at different locations, and see that evaluating click efficiency with calibrated imaging gives information on structure-related properties.