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Our Proteins

Table of Contents

Summary
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The final assigment for this course is for each student to prepare a 20 min presentation and a 10-page paper on a particular protein. Proteins of interest are listed here.

Motor Proteins
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F1/F0 ATPase
F1 ATPase (hint - not human)
V-type ATPase
Actin
Kinesin
Non-muscle myosin
Muscle Myosin

Ion Channels
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NaV1.5
NaV1.8
TRPV1
HCN1
Piezo
CFTR
IP3R

Transporters
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CLC
Na+/K+-ATPase
ABC Transporter (multidrug resistance)
EAAT1

Kinases
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Tyk2
BTK
EGFR
PKA
Abl

GPCRs
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Bacteriorhodopsin
Human rhodopsin
beta-2 Adrenergic Receptor
Opioid Receptor
mGluR
GLP-1R

Resources
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I’ve included here some reviews for the related protein families so you can get a sense of the kinds of articles you are looking for.

Review of AAA+ (Motor) Proteins

Dynein structure and power stroke

Structural biology and molecular pharmacology of voltage-gated ion channels

Structural features of the protein kinase domain and targeted binding by small-molecule inhibitors

Chapter One - Catalytic Mechanisms and Regulation of Protein Kinases

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): advances in structures, mechanisms and drug discovery