2003
Amphipols: polymeric surfactants for membrane biology research
Popot J, Berry E, Charvolin D, Creuzenet C, Ebel C, Engelman D, Flötenmeyer M, Giusti F, Gohon Y, Hervé P, Hong Q, Lakey J, Leonard K, Shuman H, Timmins P, Warschawski D, Zito F, Zoonens M, Pucci B, Tribet C. Amphipols: polymeric surfactants for membrane biology research. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2003, 60: 1559-1574. PMID: 14513831, PMCID: PMC11138540, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3169-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane proteinsQuasi-irreversible mannerPolymeric surfactantsAmphiphilic polymersMembrane biologyAqueous solutionTransmembrane surfaceAmphipolsBiology researchDissociating characterPutative usesNative stateSurfactantsNovel familyProteinCurrent knowledgeRapid inactivationNoncovalentDetergentsPolymersBiologyCompoundsComplexesInactivationAbsence
2000
Design of single-layer β-sheets without a hydrophobic core
Koide S, Huang X, Link K, Koide A, Bu Z, Engelman D. Design of single-layer β-sheets without a hydrophobic core. Nature 2000, 403: 456-460. PMID: 10667801, DOI: 10.1038/35000255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-layer β-sheetΒ-sheetHydrophobic coreΒ-sheet segmentsProtein foldingHydrogen-deuterium exchangeOuter surface protein AΒ-sheet structureChemical denaturationSmall-angle X-rayProtein AFoldingMain thermodynamic driving forceSurface protein ABorrelia burgdorferiNuclear magnetic resonanceThermodynamic driving forceMisfoldingNonpolar moietiesHydrophobic effectSolvent resultsProteinAdjacent unitsDenaturationVariants
1999
Multistep Denaturation of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a Protein Containing a Single-Layer β-Sheet †
Koide S, Bu Z, Risal D, Pham T, Nakagawa T, Tamura A, Engelman D. Multistep Denaturation of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a Protein Containing a Single-Layer β-Sheet †. Biochemistry 1999, 38: 4757-4767. PMID: 10200164, DOI: 10.1021/bi982443+.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolution small-angle X-ray scatteringChemical shift differencesSingle-layer β-sheetSignificant kinetic barrierSmall-angle X-ray scatteringHeteronuclear NMR spectroscopyDifferential scanning calorimetryNMR spectroscopyRadius of gyrationX-ray scatteringDenaturation reactionNMR measurementsShift differencesKinetic barrierRigid moleculesScanning calorimetrySAXS measurementsΒ-sheetCooperative transitionReactionLys residuesBorrelia burgdorferi OspANative proteinBeta-sheet segmentThermal denaturation reaction
1998
A solution SAXS study of borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single‐layer β‐sheet
Bu Z, Engelman D, Koide S. A solution SAXS study of borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single‐layer β‐sheet. Protein Science 1998, 7: 2681-2683. PMID: 9865964, PMCID: PMC2143892, DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560071223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrystal structureSingle-layer β-sheetPredominant solution conformationEarlier NMR studiesAngle X-ray Scattering StudySmall-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studiesRadius of gyrationNMR studiesSolution conformationX-ray scattering studyStable structureSAXS experimentΒ-sheetLocal structureGlobal conformationScattering StudyUnusual structureBorrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein ABeta topologyConformationBorrelia burgdorferi OspAC-terminal domainSingle layerStructureNMR