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Structural and functional details of membrane transport proteins from solid state NMR

ReferenceB14769
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Anthony Watts
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Paul Spooner
Institution University of Oxford
DepartmentBiochemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 230,432
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/01/2001
End date 31/12/2003
Duration36 months

Abstract

Our recent advances in solid state NMR methodology will be extended to exploit interactions between specifically bound ligands and binding environment to define residues involved at the sites of action of fully functional, membrane embedded solute transporters. Uniquely, these proteins are expressed at amplified levels (20-60% of total protein) in bacterial membranes and can be uniformly or specifically labelled with non-perturbing, NMR visible (13C, 15N) isotopes. The information will compliment recent 2D crystallographic information (at >6 Angstrom) on one member of this class of protein to help develop molecular mechanisms for exchange dynamics and binding mechanisms (electrostatic/H-bond details) for which NMR is well suited.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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