2022
Mitochondrial ATP synthase c-subunit leak channel triggers cell death upon loss of its F1 subcomplex
Mnatsakanyan N, Park HA, Wu J, He X, Llaguno MC, Latta M, Miranda P, Murtishi B, Graham M, Weber J, Levy RJ, Pavlov EV, Jonas EA. Mitochondrial ATP synthase c-subunit leak channel triggers cell death upon loss of its F1 subcomplex. Cell Death & Differentiation 2022, 29: 1874-1887. PMID: 35322203, PMCID: PMC9433415, DOI: 10.1038/s41418-022-00972-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial permeability transitionATP synthase c-subunitCell deathMitochondrial ATP synthaseChannel activityCellular energy productionLeak channelsVoltage-gated ion channelsF1 subcomplexATP synthaseC subunitInner membraneProkaryotic hostsCell stressPermeability transitionIon channelsGating mechanismOsmotic changesLarge conductanceC-ringChannels triggersNeuronal deathF1SubcomplexOsmotic gradient
2015
bSUM: A bead-supported unilamellar membrane system facilitating unidirectional insertion of membrane proteins into giant vesicles
Zheng H, Lee S, Llaguno MC, Jiang QX. bSUM: A bead-supported unilamellar membrane system facilitating unidirectional insertion of membrane proteins into giant vesicles. The Journal Of General Physiology 2015, 147: 77-93. PMID: 26712851, PMCID: PMC4692488, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201511448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane proteinsIon channelsLipid compositionLipid bilayersMembrane systemLipid-protein interactionsVitro membrane systemSingle-molecule imagingVoltage-gated ion channelsGiant vesiclesUnilamellar naturePlanar electrodesPlanar lipid bilayersSuch proteinsMicroscopic imagingBiophysical analysisFast gating kineticsUnidirectional insertionProteinChannel activityProtein orientationGating kineticsModel systemBilayersSpecific ligands