Expression of Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yeast)

Melody T. Sweet, Kathrin Jansen, Churl K. Min, George P. Hess, Norihisa Fujita, Thomas D. Fox, Jon Lindstrom, Toni Claudio, Nathan Nelson

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Abstract

The chapter presents yeast as an expression system for neuronal receptors: to use yeast to amplify the amounts of receptor proteins that normally exist in only small quantities in cells so that their structure and function can be studied. Because yeast can easily be grown in large quantities, it has obvious advantages over oocytes—an expression system in which each cell has to be injected to obtain relatively little protein. Therefore, with the development of the technology to produce large enough quantities of membrane proteins in yeast to investigate their structure and function, yeast cells can become a good source for the approximately 20 neuronal receptors that exist in only small quantities in cells and about which relatively little is known.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-218
Number of pages22
JournalCurrent Topics in Membranes and Transport
Volume33
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1988
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
New York State Science and Technology Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Ministry of Education

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