Yeast-expressed human membrane protein aquaporin-1 yields excellent resolution of solid-state MAS NMR spectra.
Related Articles Yeast-expressed human membrane protein aquaporin-1 yields excellent resolution of solid-state MAS NMR spectra.
J Biomol NMR. 2013 Jan 24;
Authors: Emami S, Fan Y, Munro R, Ladizhansky V, Brown LS
Abstract
One of the biggest challenges in solid-state NMR studies of membrane proteins is to obtain a homogeneous natively folded sample giving high spectral resolution sufficient for structural studies. Eukaryotic membrane proteins are especially difficult and expensive targets in this respect. Methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris is a reliable producer of eukaryotic membrane proteins for crystallography and a promising economical source of isotopically labeled proteins for NMR. We show that eukaryotic membrane protein human aquaporin 1 can be doubly ((13)C/(15)N) isotopically labeled in this system and functionally reconstituted into phospholipids, giving excellent resolution of solid-state magic angle spinning NMR spectra.
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