Protocol for purifying and reconstituting a vacuole membrane transporter Ypq1 into proteoliposomes

Studying the biochemical function of membrane transporters is important in understanding the biology of transporter-laden organelles such as lysosomes and vacuoles. We present a protocol for overexpressing, purifying, and reconstituting a vacuole membrane transporter Ypq1 into proteoliposomes and describe steps to measure transport activity using radioactive substrates. The protocols established here can be used to study other vacuolar or lysosomal membrane transporters. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Arines et al.¹.