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Why Do Tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes Suit for Functional Membrane Protein Reincorporation? APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11114876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Membrane proteins (MPs) are essential for cellular functions. Understanding the functions of MPs is crucial as they constitute an important class of drug targets. However, MPs are a challenging class of biomolecules to analyze because they cannot be studied outside their native environment. Their structure, function and activity are highly dependent on the local lipid environment, and these properties are compromised when the protein does not reside in the cell membrane. Mammalian cell membranes are complex and composed of different lipid species. Model membranes have been developed to provide an adequate environment to envisage MP reconstitution. Among them, tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes (tBLMs) appear as the best model because they allow the lipid bilayer to be decoupled from the support. Thus, they provide a sufficient aqueous space to envisage the proper accommodation of large extra-membranous domains of MPs, extending outside. Additionally, as the bilayer remains attached to tethers covalently fixed to the solid support, they can be investigated by a wide variety of surface-sensitive analytical techniques. This review provides an overview of the different approaches developed over the last two decades to achieve sophisticated tBLMs, with a more and more complex lipid composition and adapted for functional MP reconstitution.
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Ashkan Z, Hemmati R, Homaei A, Dinari A, Jamlidoost M, Tashakor A. Immobilization of enzymes on nanoinorganic support materials: An update. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 168:708-721. [PMID: 33232698 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Despite the widespread use in various industries, enzyme's instability and non-reusability limit their applications which can be overcome by immobilization. The nature of the enzyme's support material and method of immobilization affect activity, stability, and kinetics properties of enzymes. Here, we report a comparative study of the effects of inorganic support materials on immobilized enzymes. Accordingly, immobilization of enzymes on nanoinorganic support materials significantly improved thermal and pH stability. Furthermore, immobilizations of enzymes on the materials mainly increased Km values while decreased the Vmax values of enzymes. Immobilized enzymes on nanoinorganic support materials showed the increase in ΔG value, and decrease in both ΔH and ΔS values. In contrast to weak physical adsorption immobilization, covalently-bound and multipoint-attached immobilized enzymes do not release from the support surface to contaminate the product and thus the cost is decreased while the product quality is increased. Nevertheless, nanomaterials can enter the environment and increase health and environmental risks and should be used cautiously. Altogether, it can be predicated that hybrid support materials, directed immobilization methods, site-directed mutagenesis, recombinant fusion protein technology, green nanomaterials and trailor-made supports will be used increasingly to produce more efficient immobilized industrial enzymes in near future.
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- Zahra Ashkan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shahrekord University, Sharekord, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shahrekord University, Sharekord, Iran; Biotechnology Research Institute, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
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- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
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- Department of Virology, Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; School of Pharmacy and Bimolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Melin F, Hellwig P. Redox Properties of the Membrane Proteins from the Respiratory Chain. Chem Rev 2020; 120:10244-10297. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Frederic Melin
- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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Zhu X, Aoyama E, Birk AV, Onasanya O, Carr WH, Mourokh L, Minteer SD, Vittadello M. Cytochrome c oxidase oxygen reduction reaction induced by cytochrome c on nickel-coordination surfaces based on graphene oxide in suspension. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148262. [PMID: 32673675 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The electrochemical and spectroscopic investigation of bacterial electron-transfer proteins stabilized on solid state electrodes has provided an effective approach for functional respiratory enzyme studies. METHODS We assess the biocompatibility of carboxylated graphene oxide (CGO) functionalized with Nickel nitrilotriacetic groups (CGO-NiNTA) ccordinating His-tagged cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. RESULTS Kinetic studies employing UV-visible absorption spectroscopy confirmed that the immobilized CcO oxidized horse-heart cytochrome c (Cyt c) albeit at a slower rate than isolated CcO. The oxygen reduction reaction as catalyzed by immobilized CcO could be clearly distinguished from that arising from CGO-NiNTA in the presence of Cyt c and dithiothreitol (DTT) as a sacrificial reducing agent. Our findings indicate that while the protein content is about 3.7‰ by mass with respect to the support, the contribution to the oxygen consumption activity averaged at 56.3%. CONCLUSIONS The CGO-based support stabilizes the free enzyme which, while capable of Cyt c oxidation, is unable to carry out oxygen consumption in solution on its own under our conditions. The turnover rate for the immobilized CcO was as high as 240 O2 molecules per second per CcO unit. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE In vitro investigations of electron flow on isolated components of bacterial electron-transfer enzymes immobilized on the surface of CGO in suspension are expected to shed new light on microbial bioenergetic functions, that could ultimately contribute toward the improvement of performance in living organisms.
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- Xiaoping Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA; Department of Biology, York College of CUNY, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
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- Department of Biology, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
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- Department of Physics, Queens College of CUNY, Queens, NY 11367, USA; The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA; The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Mohammadniaei M, Park C, Min J, Sohn H, Lee T. Fabrication of Electrochemical-Based Bioelectronic Device and Biosensor Composed of Biomaterial-Nanomaterial Hybrid. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1064:263-296. [PMID: 30471039 PMCID: PMC7120487 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0445-3_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The field of bioelectronics has paved the way for the development of biochips, biomedical devices, biosensors and biocomputation devices. Various biosensors and biomedical devices have been developed to commercialize laboratory products and transform them into industry products in the clinical, pharmaceutical, environmental fields. Recently, the electrochemical bioelectronic devices that mimicked the functionality of living organisms in nature were applied to the use of bioelectronics device and biosensors. In particular, the electrochemical-based bioelectronic devices and biosensors composed of biomolecule-nanoparticle hybrids have been proposed to generate new functionality as alternatives to silicon-based electronic computation devices, such as information storage, process, computations and detection. In this chapter, we described the recent progress of bioelectronic devices and biosensors based on biomaterial-nanomaterial hybrid.
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- Mohsen Mohammadniaei
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Integrative Engineering Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Zhu Q, Zhuang W, Chen Y, Wang Z, Villacorta Hernandez B, Wu J, Yang P, Liu D, Zhu C, Ying H, Zhu Z. Nano-Biocatalysts of Cyt c@ZIF-8/GO Composites with High Recyclability via a de Novo Approach. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:16066-16076. [PMID: 29687711 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To improve the stability and recyclability of enzymes immobilized on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), graphene oxide (GO) with surface oxygen-rich functional groups was selected to form ZIF-8/GO nanocomposites with the zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) for cytochrome c (Cyt c) immobilization. It was found that the functional groups on the GO surface were involved in the growth of ZIF-8 without affecting the crystal structure but their particle size was reduced to about 200 nm. The storage stability and resistance to organic solvents of Cyt c were obviously improved after the immobilization on the ZIF-8/GO nanocomposite. On one hand, compared with Cyt c@ZIF-8 and Cyt c@GO with 30 and 60% protein leakage, Cyt c@ZIF-8/GO displayed little protein leakage after 60 h of storage. On the other hand, Cyt c@ZIF-8/GO retained a residual activity of approximately 100% after being stored in ethanol and acetone for 2 h, whereas the free enzyme, Cyt c@ZIF-8, and Cyt c@GO retained only about 10, 50, and 40%, respectively. In addition, the Cyt c@ZIF-8/GO nanocomposites can be utilized up to four cycles with virtually no loss of activity and may be further applied on H2O2 biosensing systems. The synergistic effect between MOFs and GO in ZIF-8/GO nanocomposites provides infinite possibilities as immobilized enzyme carriers.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xinmofan Road , Nanjing 210009 , China
- School of Chemical Engineering , The University of Queensland , St. Lucia , Queensland 4072 , Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xinmofan Road , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- School of Chemical Engineering , The University of Queensland , St. Lucia , Queensland 4072 , Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xinmofan Road , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xinmofan Road , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xinmofan Road , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xinmofan Road , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , No. 5 Xinmofan Road , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- School of Chemical Engineering , The University of Queensland , St. Lucia , Queensland 4072 , Australia
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Shleev S, Andoralov V, Pankratov D, Falk M, Aleksejeva O, Blum Z. Oxygen Electroreduction versus Bioelectroreduction: Direct Electron Transfer Approach. ELECTROANAL 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201600280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Sergey Shleev
- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society; Malmö University, Skåne; 20506 Malmö Sweden
- Kurchatov NBICS Centre; National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”; 123182 Moscow Russia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society; Malmö University, Skåne; 20506 Malmö Sweden
- Kurchatov NBICS Centre; National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”; 123182 Moscow Russia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society; Malmö University, Skåne; 20506 Malmö Sweden
- NanoFlex Limited, iTac, Daresbury Laboratory; Sci-Tech Daresbury; Keckwick Lane Daresbury WA4 4AD United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society; Malmö University, Skåne; 20506 Malmö Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society; Malmö University, Skåne; 20506 Malmö Sweden
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Kinetics of cytochrome c oxidase from R. sphaeroides initiated by direct electron transfer followed by tr-SEIRAS. Bioelectrochemistry 2016; 112:1-8. [PMID: 27398977 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 06/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Time-resolved surface-enhanced IR-absorption spectroscopy (tr-SEIRAS) has been performed on cytochrome c oxidase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. The enzyme was converted electrochemically into the fully reduced state. Thereafter, in the presence of oxygen, the potential was switched to open circuit potential (OCP). Under these conditions, the enzyme is free to undergo enzymatic oxidation in the absence of an external electric field. Tr-SEIRAS was performed using the step-scan technique, triggered by periodic potential pulses switching between - 800mV and OCP. Single bands were resolved in a broad band in the amide I region using phase sensitive detection. Amplitudes of these bands were analyzed as a function of time. Time constants in the ms time scale were considered in terms of conformational changes of the protein secondary structures associated with the enzymatic turnover of the protein.
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Naumann RLC, Geiss AF, Steininger C, Knoll W. Biomimetic Membranes for Multi-Redox Center Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:330. [PMID: 26950120 PMCID: PMC4813192 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Revised: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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His-tag technology was applied for biosensing purposes involving multi-redox center proteins (MRPs). An overview is presented on various surfaces ranging from flat to spherical and modified with linker molecules with nitrile-tri-acetic acid (NTA) terminal groups to bind his-tagged proteins in a strict orientation. The bound proteins are submitted to in situ dialysis in the presence of lipid micelles to form a so-called protein-tethered bilayer lipid membrane (ptBLM). MRPs, such as the cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) from R. sphaeroides and P. denitrificans, as well as photosynthetic reactions centers (RCs) from R. sphaeroides, were thus investigated. Electrochemical and surface-sensitive optical techniques, such as surface plasmon resonance, surface plasmon-enhanced fluorescence, surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) and surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS), were employed in the case of the ptBLM structure on flat surfaces. Spherical particles ranging from µm size agarose gel beads to nm size nanoparticles modified in a similar fashion were called proteo-lipobeads (PLBs). The particles were investigated by laser-scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy (LSM) and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Electron and proton transfer through the proteins were demonstrated to take place, which was strongly affected by the membrane potential. MRPs can thus be used for biosensing purposes under quasi-physiological conditions.
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- Renate L C Naumann
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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Schadauer F, Geiss AF, Srajer J, Siebenhofer B, Frank P, Reiner-Rozman C, Ludwig B, Richter OMH, Nowak C, Naumann RLC. Silica nanoparticles for the oriented encapsulation of membrane proteins into artificial bilayer lipid membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:2511-2516. [PMID: 25670233 DOI: 10.1021/la504417j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An artificial bilayer lipid membrane system is presented, featuring the oriented encapsulation of membrane proteins in a functionally active form. Nickel nitrilo-triacetic acid-functionalized silica nanoparticles, of a diameter of around 25 nm, are used to attach the proteins via a genetically engineered histidine tag in a uniform orientation. Subsequently, the proteins are reconstituted within a phospholipid bilayer, formed around the particles by in situ dialysis to form so-called proteo-lipobeads (PLBs). With a final size of about 50 nm, the PLBs can be employed for UV/vis spectroscopy studies, particularly of multiredox center proteins, because the effects of light scattering are negligible. As a proof of concept, we use cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) from P. denitrificans with the his tag genetically engineered to subunit I. In this orientation, the P side of CcO is directed to the outside and hence electron transfer can be initiated by reduced cytochrome c (cc). UV/vis measurements are used in order to determine the occupancy by CcO molecules encapsulated in the lipid bilayer as well as the kinetics of electron transfer between CcO and cc. The kinetic data are analyzed in terms of the Michaelis-Menten kinetics showing that the turnover rate of CcO is significantly decreased compared to that of solubilized protein, whereas the binding characteristics are improved. The data demonstrate the suitability of PLBs for functional cell-free bioassays of membrane proteins.
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- Florian Schadauer
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH , AIT, Donau-City Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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Kriegel S, Uchida T, Osawa M, Friedrich T, Hellwig P. Biomimetic environment to study E. coli complex I through surface-enhanced IR absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2014; 53:6340-7. [PMID: 25225967 DOI: 10.1021/bi500955a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In this study complex I was immobilized in a biomimetic environment on a gold layer deposited on an ATR-crystal in order to functionally probe the enzyme against substrates and inhibitors via surface-enhanced IR absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). To achieve this immobilization, two methods based on the generation of a high affinity self-assembled monolayer (SAM) were probed. The first made use of the affinity of Ni-NTA toward a hexahistidine tag that was genetically engineered onto complex I and the second exploited the affinity of the enzyme toward its natural substrate NADH. Experiments were also performed with complex I reconstituted in lipids. Both approaches have been found to be successful, and electrochemically induced IR difference spectra of complex I were obtained.
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- Sébastien Kriegel
- Laboratoire de bioelectrochimie et spectroscopie, UMR 7140, Chimie de la Matière Complexe, Université de Strasbourg-CNRS , Strasbourg 67000, France
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de Poulpiquet A, Ranava D, Monsalve K, Giudici-Orticoni MT, Lojou E. Biohydrogen for a New Generation of H2/O2Biofuel Cells: A Sustainable Energy Perspective. ChemElectroChem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201402249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Time-resolved surface-enhanced IR-absorption spectroscopy of direct electron transfer to cytochrome c oxidase from R. sphaeroides. Biophys J 2014; 105:2706-13. [PMID: 24359742 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Time-resolved surface-enhanced IR-absorption spectroscopy triggered by electrochemical modulation has been performed on cytochrome c oxidase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Single bands isolated from a broad band in the amide I region using phase-sensitive detection were attributed to different redox centers. Their absorbances changing on the millisecond timescale could be fitted to a model based on protonation-dependent chemical reaction kinetics established previously. Substantial conformational changes of secondary structures coupled to redox transitions were revealed.
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Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs): interest and applications for biological membrane investigations. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt A:135-42. [PMID: 24998327 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Biological membranes play a central role in the biology of the cell. They are not only the hydrophobic barrier allowing separation between two water soluble compartments but also a supra-molecular entity that has vital structural functions. Notably, they are involved in many exchange processes between the outside and inside cellular spaces. Accounting for the complexity of cell membranes, reliable models are needed to acquire current knowledge of the molecular processes occurring in membranes. To simplify the investigation of lipid/protein interactions, the use of biomimetic membranes is an approach that allows manipulation of the lipid composition of specific domains and/or the protein composition, and the evaluation of the reciprocal effects. Since the middle of the 80's, lipid bilayer membranes have been constantly developed as models of biological membranes with the ultimate goal to reincorporate membrane proteins for their functional investigation. In this review, after a brief description of the planar lipid bilayers as biomimetic membrane models, we will focus on the construction of the tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes, the most promising model for efficient membrane protein reconstitution and investigation of molecular processes occurring in cell membranes.
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Srajer J, Schwaighofer A, Ramer G, Rotter S, Guenay B, Kriegner A, Knoll W, Lendl B, Nowak C. Double-layered nanoparticle stacks for surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:127-131. [PMID: 24189636 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr04726a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We demonstrate that double-layered stacks of gold and insulator nanoparticles arranged on a flat gold surface dramatically enhance the sensitivity in absorption infrared microscopy. Through morphological variations of the nanoparticles, the frequency of the plasmon resonances can be tuned to match the frequency of the molecular vibration in the mid-infrared region. The results show that the nanostructures enhance the absorption signal of the molecules by a factor of up to ~2.2 × 10(6), while preserving their characteristic line-shape remarkably well.
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- Johannes Srajer
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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Schwaighofer A, Ferguson-Miller S, Naumann RL, Knoll W, Nowak C. Phase-sensitive detection in modulation excitation spectroscopy applied to potential induced electron transfer in cytochrome c oxidase. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 68:5-13. [PMID: 24405948 PMCID: PMC5933882 DOI: 10.1366/13-07188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides was investigated by modulated excitation surface-enhanced infrared-absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). Sequential electron transfer (ET) within CcO was initiated by electrochemical excitation. During modulated excitation by periodic potential pulses with frequencies between 20 and 500 Hz, time-resolved infrared spectra were measured by the step-scan technique, with time resolution in the millisecond range. Conformational changes of the protein structure as a result of ET lead to rather complex SEIRA spectra with many overlapping bands embedded in a broad background signal. Phase-sensitive detection (PSD) was used to separate single components within the broad band of overlapping structural bands in the amide I region. PSD is able to extract the periodic response of single components with the same frequency as the excitation from noise or from static background and therefore enhances the signal-to-noise ratio. Moreover, PSD enables validation of the fit model used for the deconvolution of overlapping bands by analyzing phase lags of single components acquired at different stimulation frequencies. Phase lags between the evaluated vibrational components and the modulated excitation increase with increasing excitation frequencies, an inherent prerequisite of this evaluation method.
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- Andreas Schwaighofer
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Donau-City Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Donau-City Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Donau-City Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Donau-City Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
- Center of Electrochemical Surface Technology, CEST, Viktor-Kaplan Str. 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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Rodrigues RC, Barbosa O, Ortiz C, Berenguer-Murcia Á, Torres R, Fernandez-Lafuente R. Amination of enzymes to improve biocatalyst performance: coupling genetic modification and physicochemical tools. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra04625k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Improvement of the features of an enzyme is in many instances a pre-requisite for the industrial implementation of these exceedingly interesting biocatalysts.
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- Rafael C. Rodrigues
- Biocatalysis and Enzyme Technology Lab
- Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Escuela de Química
- Grupo de investigación en Bioquímica y Microbiología (GIBIM)
- Edificio Camilo Torres 210
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
- Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Escuela de Bacteriología y Laboratorio Clínico
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
- Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Instituto Universitario de Materiales
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Universidad de Alicante
- Ap. 99-03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Escuela de Química
- Grupo de investigación en Bioquímica y Microbiología (GIBIM)
- Edificio Camilo Torres 210
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
- Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Reconstitution of supramolecular organization involved in energy metabolism at electrochemical interfaces for biosensing and bioenergy production. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 406:1011-27. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7465-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Distortion of the amide-I and -II bands of an α-helical membrane protein, pharaonis halorhodopsin, depends on thickness of gold films utilized for surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. Chem Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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WANG LX, JIANG XE. Bioanalytical Applications of Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(11)60556-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Electron transfer and electrocatalytics of cytochrome c and horseradish peroxidase on DNA modified electrode. Bioelectrochemistry 2012; 85:29-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2011.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 11/05/2011] [Accepted: 11/25/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nowak C, Laredo T, Gebert J, Lipkowski J, Gennis RB, Ferguson-Miller S, Knoll W, Naumann RLC. 2D-SEIRA spectroscopy to highlight conformational changes of the cytochrome c oxidase induced by direct electron transfer. Metallomics 2011; 3:619-27. [PMID: 21541411 DOI: 10.1039/c0mt00083c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Potentiometric titrations of the cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) immobilized in a biomimetic membrane system were followed by two-dimensional surface-enhanced IR absorption spectroscopy (2D SEIRAS) in the ATR-mode. Direct electron transfer was employed to vary the redox state of the enzyme. The CcO was shown to undergo a conformational transition from a non-activated to an activated state after it was allowed to turnover in the presence of oxygen. Differences between the non-activated and activated state were revealed by 2D SEIRA spectra recorded as a function of potential. The activated state was characterized by a higher number of correlated transitions as well as a higher number of amino acids associated with electron transfer.
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- Christoph Nowak
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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Hernandez K, Fernandez-Lafuente R. Control of protein immobilization: coupling immobilization and site-directed mutagenesis to improve biocatalyst or biosensor performance. Enzyme Microb Technol 2010; 48:107-22. [PMID: 22112819 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 446] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Mutagenesis and immobilization are usually considered to be unrelated techniques with potential applications to improve protein properties. However, there are several reports showing that the use of site-directed mutagenesis to improve enzyme properties directly, but also how enzymes are immobilized on a support, can be a powerful tool to improve the properties of immobilized biomolecules for use as biosensors or biocatalysts. Standard immobilizations are not fully random processes, but the protein orientation may be difficult to alter. Initially, most efforts using this idea were addressed towards controlling the orientation of the enzyme on the immobilization support, in many cases to facilitate electron transfer from the support to the enzyme in redox biosensors. Usually, Cys residues are used to directly immobilize the protein on a support that contains disulfide groups or that is made from gold. There are also some examples using His in the target areas of the protein and using supports modified with immobilized metal chelates and other tags (e.g., using immobilized antibodies). Furthermore, site-directed mutagenesis to control immobilization is useful for improving the activity, the stability and even the selectivity of the immobilized protein, for example, via site-directed rigidification of selected areas of the protein. Initially, only Cys and disulfide supports were employed, but other supports with higher potential to give multipoint covalent attachment are being employed (e.g., glyoxyl or epoxy-disulfide supports). The advances in support design and the deeper knowledge of the mechanisms of enzyme-support interactions have permitted exploration of the possibilities of the coupled use of site-directed mutagenesis and immobilization in a new way. This paper intends to review some of the advances and possibilities that these coupled strategies permit.
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- Karel Hernandez
- Departamento de Biocatálisis, Instituto de Catálisis-CSIC, Campus UAM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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