Spontaneous Reconstitution of Functional Transmembrane Proteins During Bioorthogonal Phospholipid Membrane Synthesis |
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Authors: | Christian M. Cole Dr. Roberto J. Brea Young Hun Kim Michael D. Hardy Prof. Jerry Yang Prof. Neal K. Devaraj |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Urey Hall 4120, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA) http://devarajgroup.ucsd.edu;2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Building: Pacific Hall 6160, La Jolla, CA 92093 (USA) |
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Abstract: | Transmembrane proteins are critical for signaling, transport, and metabolism, yet their reconstitution in synthetic membranes is often challenging. Non‐enzymatic and chemoselective methods to generate phospholipid membranes in situ would be powerful tools for the incorporation of membrane proteins. Herein, the spontaneous reconstitution of functional integral membrane proteins during the de novo synthesis of biomimetic phospholipid bilayers is described. The approach takes advantage of bioorthogonal coupling reactions to generate proteoliposomes from micelle‐solubilized proteins. This method was successfully used to reconstitute three different transmembrane proteins into synthetic membranes. This is the first example of the use of non‐enzymatic chemical synthesis of phospholipids to prepare proteoliposomes. |
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Keywords: | membrane proteins phospholipids proteoliposomes self‐assembly synthetic biology |
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