| Literature DB >> 27553241 |
Lan Zhu1,2, Uwe Weierstall2,3, Vadim Cherezov4,5, Wei Liu6,7.
Abstract
Membrane proteins, including G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), constitute the most important drug targets. The increasing number of targets requires new structural information, which has proven tremendously challenging due to the difficulties in growing diffraction-quality crystals. Recent developments of serial femtosecond crystallography at X-ray free electron lasers combined with the use of membrane-mimetic gel-like matrix of lipidic cubic phase (LCP-SFX) for crystal growth and delivery hold significant promise to accelerate structural studies of membrane proteins. This chapter describes the development and current status of the LCP-SFX technology and elaborates its future role in structural biology of membrane proteins.Entities:
Keywords: G protein-coupled receptors; LCP injector; LCP-SFX; Lipidic cubic phase; Membrane proteins; Serial femtosecond crystallography; X-ray free electron laser
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27553241 PMCID: PMC5110035 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-35072-1_11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol ISSN: 0065-2598 Impact factor: 2.622