Martin Stuebler, Zachary A Manzer, Han-Yuan Liu, Julia Miller, Annett Richter, Srinivasan Krishnan, Ekaterina Selivanovitch, Barituziga Banuna, Georg Jander, Erik Reimhult, Warren R Zipfel, Adrienne H K Roeder, Miguel A Piñeros, Susan Daniel
The cell plasma membrane is a two-dimensional, fluid mosaic material composed of lipids and proteins that create a semipermeable barrier defining the cell from its environment. Compared with soluble proteins, the methodologies for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins are challenging. An emerging tool for studies of membrane proteins in mammalian systems is a "plasma membrane on a chip," also known as a supported lipid bilayer. Here, we create the "plant-membrane-on-a-chip,″ a supported bilayer made from the plant plasma membranes of Arabidopsis thaliana , Nicotiana benthamiana , or Zea mays ...
April 9, 2024: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces