2014
Probing large conformational rearrangements in wild-type and mutant spectrin using structural mass spectrometry
Sriswasdi S, Harper SL, Tang HY, Gallagher PG, Speicher DW. Probing large conformational rearrangements in wild-type and mutant spectrin using structural mass spectrometry. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 1801-1806. PMID: 24453214, PMCID: PMC3918770, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317620111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMass spectrometryConformational changesStructural mass spectrometryLarge conformational rearrangementsCell membraneMembrane integrityMass spectrometry characterizationRed cell spectrinUnidentified mechanistic insightCell membrane integrityProtein complexesMacromolecular complexesDiverse functionsCell shapeBiological processesFlexible proteinsConformational rearrangementsDimer-tetramer equilibriumRed cell membraneOpen dimersCell typesΑ-spectrinKey mechanistic roleTetramerization siteBiophysical data
2008
Red cell membrane: past, present, and future
Mohandas N, Gallagher PG. Red cell membrane: past, present, and future. Blood 2008, 112: 3939-3948. PMID: 18988878, PMCID: PMC2582001, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-07-161166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed cell membraneCell membraneCell typesDiverse cell typesHuman cell typesOnly structural componentNatural selectionTransmembrane proteinSkeletal proteinsFunctional characterizationPlasma membraneMembrane envelopeNon-nucleated red cellsMembrane functionRed cell abnormalitiesProteinMembraneDisease statesCellsStructural componentsRed cellsNew lightUnexpected revelationExciting fieldCell abnormalities