Crystallization of Membrane Proteins in Lipidic Cubic Phase

Abstract

Structural determination of membrane proteins is a key step to understand the molecular mechanisms of the membrane proteins. Lipidic cubic phase (LCP) crystallization is a technique to crystallize the membrane proteins in lipid environment and one of the effective approaches for the membrane protein crystallization. In this article, we describe the overview of crystallization of the membrane proteins in LCP, including the basic principles and procedures of LCP crystallization.