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Electron crystallography of aquaporins

✍ Scribed by Simeon Andrews; Steve L. Reichow; Tamir Gonen

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
527 KB
Volume
60
Category
Article
ISSN
1521-6543

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Aquaporins are a family of ubiquitous membrane proteins that form a pore for the permeation of water. Both electron and X‐ray crystallography played major roles in determining the atomic structures of a number of aquaporins. This review focuses on electron crystallography, and its contribution to the field of aquaporin biology. We briefly discuss electron crystallography and the two‐dimensional crystallization process. We describe features of aquaporins common to both electron and X‐ray crystallographic structures; as well as some structural insights unique to electron crystallography, including aquaporin junction formation and lipid‐protein interactions. Β© 2008 IUBMB IUBMB Life, 60(7): 430–436, 2008

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