The following represents an incomplete list of items about naturally occuring membrane proteins and attempts to synthesize peptides that mimic their properties.
1989
Hydrophobic Organization of Membrane Proteins," D. C. Rees, L. DeAntonio, D. Eisenberg, Science, 245 510-513 (#4917: 04 Aug 1989).
1990
"Membrane-Protein Folding and Oligomerization - The 2-Stage Model,"
Popot JL, Engelman DM, Biochemistry, 29,
4031-4037 (#17: 01 May 1990).
1999
"Membrane protein folding and stability: Physical principles,"
White SH, Wimley WC,
Ann. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struc., 28, 319-365 (1999).
"An amphipathic alpha-helix at a membrane interface: A structural study using a novel X-ray diffraction method," Hristova K, Wimley WC, Mishra VK, et al. J. Mol. Biol., 290, 99-117 (#2: 02 Jul 1999).
"Total Chemical Synthesis of the Integral Membrane Protein Influenza A Virus M2: Role of Its C-Terminal Domain in Tetramer Assembly," Gerd G. Kochendoerfer, David Salom, James D. Lear, Rosemarie Wilk-Orescan, Stephen B. H. Kent, and William F. DeGrado, Biochemistry 38, 11905-11913.
2000
"Interhelical hydrogen bonding drives strong interactions in membrane proteins,"
Fang Xiao Zhou, Melanie J. Cocco, William P. Russ, Axel T. Brunger, Donald M.
Engelman, Nature Struc. Biol. 7, 154-160 (#7: 01
Feb 2000).
"pH-Dependent Tetramerization and Amantadine Binding of the Transmembrane Helix of M2 from the Influenza A Virus," David Salom, Blake R. Hill, James D. Lear, and William F. DeGrado, Biochemistry 39, 14160-14170.
"Asparagine-mediated self-association of a model transmembrane helix," Christin Choma, Holly Gratkowski, James D. Lear, William F. DeGrado, Nature Struc. Biol. 7, 161-166 (#7: 01 Feb 2000).
"How to measure and analyze tryptophan fluorescence in membranes properly, and why bother?" Ladokhin AS, Jayasinghe S, White SH, Anal. Biochem., 285, 235-245 (#2: 15 Oct 2000).
"Designing transmembrane alpha-helices that insert spontaneously," Wimley WC, White SH, Biochemistry, 39, 4432-4442 (#15: 18 Apr 2000)
"Determining the Membrane Topology of Peptides by Fluorescence Quenching," William C. Wimley and Stephen H. White, Biochemistry, 39, 161-170.
"The Preference of Tryptophan for Membrane Interfaces," Stephen H. White, Biochemistry, 37 14713-14718.
2005
"Synergistic Interactions between Aqueous and Membrane Domains of a Designed Protein Determine its Fold and Stability,"
Lidia Cristian, Vikas Nanda, James D. Lear and William F. DeGrado, J. Mol. Biol., 348(5) 1225-1233.
Background: Sedimentation Equilibrium Methods
"Direct analysis
of protein sedimentation equilibrium in detergent solutions without density matching,"
D. Noy, J. R. Calhoun and J. D. Lear, Analytical Biochemistry
320(2) 185-192. (2003) doi:10.1016/S0003-2697(03)00347-6