β-barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) serve many functions within the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. Here, we hope to alleviate a known bottleneck in structural studies by presenting protocols for the production of β-barrel OMPs in sufficient quantities for structure determination by X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy.
Noinaj, N., Mayclin, S., Stanley, A. M., Jao, C. C., Buchanan, S. K. From Constructs to Crystals – Towards Structure Determination of β-barrel Outer Membrane Proteins. J. Vis. Exp. (113), e53245, doi:10.3791/53245 (2016).