Biophysical EPR Studies Applied to Membrane Proteins.

Autor: Sahu ID; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, United States of America., Lorigan GA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of physical chemistry & biophysics [J Phys Chem Biophys] 2015; Vol. 5 (6). Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Oct 15.
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0398.1000188
Abstrakt: Membrane proteins are very important in controlling bioenergetics, functional activity, and initializing signal pathways in a wide variety of complicated biological systems. They also represent approximately 50% of the potential drug targets. EPR spectroscopy is a very popular and powerful biophysical tool that is used to study the structural and dynamic properties of membrane proteins. In this article, a basic overview of the most commonly used EPR techniques and examples of recent applications to answer pertinent structural and dynamic related questions on membrane protein systems will be presented.
Databáze: MEDLINE