[HTML][HTML] Improved designs for pET expression plasmids increase protein production yield in Escherichia coli

…, AJ Cumming, M Widesheim, Z Köck… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The pET series of expression plasmids are widely used for recombinant protein production
in Escherichia coli. The genetic modules controlling transcription and translation in these …

Electroneutral Polymer Nanodiscs Enable Interference‐Free Probing of Membrane Proteins in a Lipid‐Bilayer Environment

…, S Kins, M Räschle, J Victor, C Chu, M Etzkorn, Z Köck… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins can be examined in near‐native lipid‐bilayer environments with the
advent of polymer‐encapsulated nanodiscs. These nanodiscs self‐assemble directly from …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM structure of cell-free synthesized human histamine 2 receptor/Gs complex in nanodisc environment

Z Köck, K Schnelle, M Persechino, S Umbach… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Here we describe the cryo-electron microscopy structure of the human histamine 2 receptor (H
2 R) in an active conformation with bound histamine and in complex with G s …

Biochemical characterization of cell-free synthesized human β1 adrenergic receptor cotranslationally inserted into nanodiscs

Z Köck, U Ermel, J Martin, N Morgner… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell-free expression enables direct cotranslational insertion of G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)
and other membrane proteins into the defined membrane environments of …

[HTML][HTML] Cotranslational assembly of membrane protein/nanoparticles in cell-free systems

R Levin, Z Köck, J Martin, R Zangl, T Gewering… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles composed of amphiphilic scaffold proteins and small lipid bilayers are
valuable tools for reconstitution and subsequent functional and structural characterization of …

Impact of novel antidepressants on cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake: experimental studies on SK-N-SH cells and healthy rabbits

…, R Kobayashi, MS Javadi, Z Köck… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
123 I-metaiodobenzylguanidine ( 123 I-MIBG) has independent prognostic value for risk
stratification among heart failure patients, but the use of concomitant medication should not …

Screening methods for cell-free synthesized GPCR/nanoparticle samples

Z Köck, V Dötsch, F Bernhard - G Protein-Coupled Receptor Screening …, 2021 - Springer
Cell-free protein expression systems and lipid nanoparticle technologies are core platforms
for membrane protein synthesis. The implementation of preassembled nanodiscs allows the …

Synthetically evolving translation initiation regions for protein production

K Mirzadeh, P Shilling, R Elfageih, Z Köck, D Daley - 2018 - diva-portal.org
Bacteria are widely employed as cell factories to produce recombinant proteins that are used
as biopharmaceuticals and industrial enzymes. Typically, a protein coding sequences is …

[BOOK][B] G Protein-coupled Receptor Screening Assays: Methods and Protocols

SAM Martins, DMF Prazeres - 2021 - Springer
This fully updated edition targets not only those assays directly involved in the discovery of
GPCR-active compounds but also those involved in cell-based experiments designed to …

[CITATION][C] BBA-Biomembranes

R Levin, Z Köck, J Martin, R Zangl, T Gewering