Featured Publications
Cryo-EM structure of the insect olfactory receptor Orco
Butterwick JA, del Mármol J, Kim KH, Kahlson MA, Rogow JA, Walz T, Ruta V. Cryo-EM structure of the insect olfactory receptor Orco. Nature 2018, 560: 447-452. PMID: 30111839, PMCID: PMC6129982, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0420-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnchor domainOdorant receptorsSingle-particle cryo-electron microscopy structureCryo-electron microscopy structureMinimal sequence conservationReceptor familyRemarkable sequence diversityCryo-EM structureInter-subunit interactionsMicroscopy structureSequence conservationSequence diversityÅ resolutionCentral poreStructural insightsIon channelsOrcoSuch diversityOlfactory systemDiversityEnormous varietyOdor tuningFamilyInsectsSubunits
2014
Phosphatidic acid modulation of Kv channel voltage sensor function
Hite RK, Butterwick JA, MacKinnon R. Phosphatidic acid modulation of Kv channel voltage sensor function. ELife 2014, 3: e04366. PMID: 25285449, PMCID: PMC4212207, DOI: 10.7554/elife.04366.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Solution Structure and Phospholipid Interactions of the Isolated Voltage-Sensor Domain from KvAP
Butterwick JA, MacKinnon R. Solution Structure and Phospholipid Interactions of the Isolated Voltage-Sensor Domain from KvAP. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2010, 403: 591-606. PMID: 20851706, PMCID: PMC2971526, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopyNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopySolution structureIsolated voltage-sensor domainBilayer-forming lipidsMagnetic resonance spectroscopyMicelle interactionsEffect spectroscopyChemical environmentCrystal structurePhospholipid interfaceChemical propertiesResonance spectroscopyPhospholipid micellesMembrane environmentPhospholipid bilayersNanosecond timescaleMillisecond timescaleMicellesSpectroscopyAmphipathic α-helixΑ-helixVoltage sensor domainRelaxation experimentsPhysical properties