Invitris’ Post

Membrane proteins are everywhere: drug targets, sensors, channels, but they’re a nightmare to express in living cells. 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹‐𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁. Why? ▪️𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Tune salts, lipids, chaperones, redox… for each protein. ▪️𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁-𝘁𝗼-𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Reconstitute straight into liposomes, or nanodiscs. ▪️𝗡𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: Express proteins that would normally be toxic to host cells. ▪️𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿: Go from DNA to functional protein in just hours. Ideal for screening constructs, tags, or expression conditions. 🚀 Membrane proteins used to be a bottleneck. With cell‑free, they’re becoming a design space. #CellFree #MembraneProteins #SynBio #Invitris

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