Stockholm university

Research group Gunnar von Heijne's research group

Membrane proteins serve a number of very important functions in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. They are built according to structural principles different from those of globular proteins.

Gunnar von Heijne

Group description

Membrane protein assembly and structure

A full understanding of membrane proteins requires a conceptual framework where processes of protein translocation across membranes and the physical chemistry of lipid-protein interactions play major roles.

Work in our lab has pointed to the central importance of positively charged amino acids as determinants of membrane protein topology, has led to the development of new theoretical methods for predicting transmembrane segments, and has illuminated many aspects of membrane protein assembly in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Ongoing work is directed towards a better understanding of the folding and assembly of membrane proteins.

Group members

Group managers

Nils Gunnar Hansson von Heijne

Professor of Biochemistry

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Gunnar von Heijne

Members

Morgana Kellogg

Postdoc

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Morgana Kellogg

Shiva Sedighian

Research assistent

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Spyridoula Soultana Mitsikosta

Research assistent

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Ane Metola Martinez

Postdoc

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Justin Westerfield

Postdoc

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Justin

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