National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
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Journal: Science / Year: 2026 Title: Membrane protein solubilization and structure determination using de novo-designed proteins. Authors: Ljubica Mihaljević / David E Kim / Pooja D Bandawane / Helen E Eisenach / Andrew J Borst / Alexis Courbet / Connor Weidle / Kenneth D Carr / Everton Bettin / Qiushi Liu / Aldo T Trejos / ...Authors: Ljubica Mihaljević / David E Kim / Pooja D Bandawane / Helen E Eisenach / Andrew J Borst / Alexis Courbet / Connor Weidle / Kenneth D Carr / Everton Bettin / Qiushi Liu / Aldo T Trejos / Sagardip Majumder / Surabhi Kokane / Alexander Stevens / Edin Muratspahić / Thomas Schlichthaerle / Marc Expòsit / Xinting Li / Mila Lamb / Analisa Nicole Azcárraga Murray / Rashmi Ravichandran / Elizabeth C Williams / Shuyuan Hu / Lynda Stuart / Linda Grillová / Nicholas R Thomson / Michael Landreh / Pengxiang Chang / Lorenzo Giacani / Melissa J Caimano / Kelly L Hawley / Neil P King / David Baker / Abstract: Developing therapies and vaccines against integral membrane proteins is hindered by their extensive hydrophobic surfaces, which complicate production and structural analysis. Here, we describe a ...Developing therapies and vaccines against integral membrane proteins is hindered by their extensive hydrophobic surfaces, which complicate production and structural analysis. Here, we describe a general deep learning-based design approach for solubilizing native membrane proteins while preserving their sequence, fold, active-site, and ligand-binding properties. Genetically encoded de novo protein WRAPs [water-soluble RFdiffused amphipathic proteins] surround the lipid-interacting hydrophobic surfaces, rendering them thermostable and water-soluble without the need for detergents. We design WRAPs for both monomeric and oligomeric beta-barrel outer membrane proteins and helical multipass transmembrane proteins. A 2.95-angstrom-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of WRAPed mycobacterial porin demonstrates that WRAPs can be used for the structural determination of membrane proteins in solution. As a step toward syphilis vaccine development, we generated soluble versions of antigens.
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