2022
Native Planar Asymmetric Suspended Membrane for Single‐Molecule Investigations: Plasma Membrane on a Chip
Sundaram R, Bera M, Coleman J, Weerakkody J, Krishnakumar S, Ramakrishnan S. Native Planar Asymmetric Suspended Membrane for Single‐Molecule Investigations: Plasma Membrane on a Chip. Small 2022, 18: e2205567. PMID: 36328714, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneProtein assembliesNative plasma membrane vesiclesTotal internal reflection fluorescence microscopySingle-molecule levelSingle-molecule investigationsCellular plasma membranePlasma membrane vesiclesSingle-molecule precisionReflection fluorescence microscopyKnowledge of lipidProtein complexesProtein architectureCell signalingMovement of moleculesProtein orientationLipid membranesBiological processesCellular membranesMembrane vesiclesMicroarray platformFluorescence investigationsLipid domainsFluorescence microscopyMembrane
2021
Nascent fusion pore opening monitored at single-SNAREpin resolution
Heo P, Coleman J, Fleury JB, Rothman JE, Pincet F. Nascent fusion pore opening monitored at single-SNAREpin resolution. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2024922118. PMID: 33495324, PMCID: PMC7865171, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024922118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFusion poreFusion pore openingTransient fusion poresSingle fusion eventFast neurotransmitter releaseSingle SNAREpinAsymmetric lipid bilayerProtein complexesSNAREpinsTarget membraneFusion eventsCellular traffickingVesicle fusionSmall vesiclesIon channelsLipid bilayersCargo transportKey eventsEnergy landscapePore openingNeurotransmitter releaseDiscrete sizesVesiclesSynaptic transmissionCargo release