Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

An engineered thermal-shift screen reveals specific lipid preferences of eukaryotic and prokaryotic membrane proteins

  • Emmanuel Nji,
  • Yurie Chatzikyriakidou,
  • Michael Landreh,
  • David Drew

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06702-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Membrane bilayers are made up of a myriad of different lipids that affect membrane proteins, but identifying those specific lipid requirements remains a challenge. Here authors present an engineered thermal-shift screen which reveals specific lipid preferences of eukaryotic and prokaryotic membrane proteins.