2017
Structural features and lipid binding domain of tubulin on biomimetic mitochondrial membranes
Hoogerheide D, Noskov S, Jacobs D, Bergdoll L, Silin V, Worcester D, Abramson J, Nanda H, Rostovtseva T, Bezrukov S. Structural features and lipid binding domain of tubulin on biomimetic mitochondrial membranes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e3622-e3631. PMID: 28420794, PMCID: PMC5422764, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619806114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial outer membraneMitochondrial membraneOuter membraneDimeric tubulinPeripheral membrane proteinsMembrane-binding domainOuter mitochondrial membraneDomain of tubulinIntegral proteinsMembrane proteinsCytosolic proteinsPhysiological roleHelix H10TubulinLipid headgroupsProteinComplex mechanismsMembranePeripheral bindingStructural featuresEssential stepCytoskeletonElectrochemical impedance spectroscopyMitochondriaDomain
2015
Evidence of Distinct Channel Conformations for the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Translocase Tom40
Kuszak A, Jacobs D, Gurnev P, Lithgow T, Bezrukov S, Rostovtseva T, Buchanan S. Evidence of Distinct Channel Conformations for the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Translocase Tom40. The FASEB Journal 2015, 29 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.777.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchN- and C-terminiC-terminiTOM complexSubunit of mitochondrial ATP synthaseMitochondrial ATP synthaseSubstrate binding affinityPresequence peptideC. glabrataSubstrate recognitionMitochondrial proteinsTom40Mitochondrial membraneOuter membraneATP synthaseTruncated formStructural basisSubstrate processingPore-forming subunitConstriction zonePlanar lipid membranesBinding affinityFunctional locationLipid membranesMembranePresequence