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Hoi KK, Bada Juarez JF, Judge PJ, Yen HY, Wu D, Vinals J, Taylor GF, Watts A, Robinson CV. Detergent-free Lipodisq Nanoparticles Facilitate High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Folded Integral Membrane Proteins. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:2824-2831. [PMID: 33787280 PMCID: PMC8050825 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Integral membrane proteins pose considerable challenges to mass spectrometry (MS) owing to the complexity and diversity of the components in their native environment. Here, we use native MS to study the post-translational maturation of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and archaerhodopsin-3 (AR3), using both octyl-glucoside detergent micelles and lipid-based nanoparticles. A lower collision energy was required to obtain well-resolved spectra for proteins in styrene-maleic acid copolymer (SMA) Lipodisqs than in membrane scaffold protein (MSP) Nanodiscs. By comparing spectra of membrane proteins prepared using the different membrane mimetics, we found that SMA may favor selective solubilization of correctly folded proteins and better preserve native lipid interactions than other membrane mimetics. Our spectra reveal the correlation between the post-translation modifications (PTMs), lipid-interactions, and protein-folding states of bR, providing insights into the process of maturation of the photoreceptor proteins.
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- Kin Kuan Hoi
- Department
of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Biomembrane Structure Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Biomembrane Structure Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
- OMass
Therapeutics, The Schrödinger
Building, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4
4GE, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Biomembrane Structure Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Biomembrane Structure Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Biomembrane Structure Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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Kao YM, Cheng CH, Syue ML, Huang HY, Chen IC, Yu TY, Chu LK. Photochemistry of Bacteriorhodopsin with Various Oligomeric Statuses in Controlled Membrane Mimicking Environments: A Spectroscopic Study from Femtoseconds to Milliseconds. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:2032-2039. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b01224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yu-Min Kao
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- International Graduate Program of Molecular Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Koolivand A, Clayton S, Rion H, Oloumi A, O'Brien A, Khaledi MG. Fluoroalcohol – Induced coacervates for selective enrichment and extraction of hydrophobic proteins. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2018; 1083:180-188. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bratanov D, Balandin T, Round E, Shevchenko V, Gushchin I, Polovinkin V, Borshchevskiy V, Gordeliy V. An Approach to Heterologous Expression of Membrane Proteins. The Case of Bacteriorhodopsin. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128390. [PMID: 26046789 PMCID: PMC4457421 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Heterologous overexpression of functional membrane proteins is a major bottleneck of structural biology. Bacteriorhodopsin from Halobium salinarum (bR) is a striking example of the difficulties in membrane protein overexpression. We suggest a general approach with a finite number of steps which allows one to localize the underlying problem of poor expression of a membrane protein using bR as an example. Our approach is based on constructing chimeric proteins comprising parts of a protein of interest and complementary parts of a homologous protein demonstrating advantageous expression. This complementary protein approach allowed us to increase bR expression by two orders of magnitude through the introduction of two silent mutations into bR coding DNA. For the first time the high quality crystals of bR expressed in E. Coli were obtained using the produced protein. The crystals obtained with in meso nanovolume crystallization diffracted to 1.67 Å.
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- Dmitry Bratanov
- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Crystallography, University of Aachen (RWTH), Jägerstrasse 17–19, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CEA, IBS, Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Research-Educational Centre “Bionanophysics”, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudniy, Russia
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CEA, IBS, Grenoble, France
- Research-Educational Centre “Bionanophysics”, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudniy, Russia
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CEA, IBS, Grenoble, France
- Research-Educational Centre “Bionanophysics”, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudniy, Russia
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Research-Educational Centre “Bionanophysics”, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudniy, Russia
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS), ICS-6: Structural Biochemistry, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CNRS, IBS, Grenoble, France
- CEA, IBS, Grenoble, France
- Research-Educational Centre “Bionanophysics”, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudniy, Russia
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Tsai FK, Fu HY, Yang CS, Chu LK. Photochemistry of a Dual-Bacteriorhodopsin System in Haloarcula marismortui: HmbRI and HmbRII. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:7290-301. [DOI: 10.1021/jp503629v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Fu-Kuo Tsai
- Department
of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biochemical Science and Technology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Biochemical Science and Technology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Institute
of Biotechnology, College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Janfaza S, Molaeirad A, Mohamadpour R, Khayati M, Mehrvand J. Efficient Bio-Nano Hybrid Solar Cells via Purple Membrane as Sensitizer. BIONANOSCIENCE 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s12668-013-0118-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nekrasova OV, Wulfson AN, Tikhonov RV, Yakimov SA, Simonova TN, Tagvey AI, Dolgikh DA, Ostrovsky MA, Kirpichnikov MP. A new hybrid protein for production of recombinant bacteriorhodopsin in Escherichia coli. J Biotechnol 2010; 147:145-50. [PMID: 20363267 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2009] [Revised: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Unique properties of bacteriorhodopsin, namely, photochromism and high thermal stability, make this protein an attractive target for physico-chemical studies, as well as for various biotechnological applications. Using Mistic as a suitable carrier for insertion of recombinant membrane proteins into cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli, we developed a system for overexpression of bacteriorhodopsin and worked out an efficient procedure for its purification and renaturation with the final yield of 120 mg/l of refolded protein, which is the highest value reported to date for bacteriorhodopsin produced in E. coli. Functional activity of recombinant bacteriorhodopsin was confirmed by spectroscopic and electrochemical assays.
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- Oksana V Nekrasova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russia.
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Huh YS, Jeong CM, Chang HN, Lee SY, Hong WH, Park TJ. Rapid separation of bacteriorhodopsin using a laminar-flow extraction system in a microfluidic device. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2010; 4:14103. [PMID: 20644672 PMCID: PMC2905269 DOI: 10.1063/1.3298608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A protein separation technology using the microfluidic device was developed for the more rapid and effective analysis of target protein. This microfluidic separation system was carried out using the aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) and the ionic liquid two-phase system (ILTPS) for purification method of the protein sample, and the three-flow desalting system was used for the removal of salts from the sucrose-rich sample. Partitioning of the protein sample was observed in ATPS or ILTPS with the various pHs. The microdialysis system was applied to remove small molecules, such as sucrose and salts in the microfluidic channel with the different flow rates of buffer phase. A complex purification method, which combines microdialysis and ATPS or ILTPS, was carried out for the effective purification of bacteriorhodopsin (BR) from the purple membrane of Halobacterium salinarium, which was then analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorptionionization time-of-flight. Furthermore, we were able to make a stable three-phase flow controlling the flow rate in the microfluidic channel. Our complex purification methods were successful in purifying and recovering the BR to its required value.
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Chu LK, El-Sayed MA. Bacteriorhodopsin O-state Photocycle Kinetics: A Surfactant Study. Photochem Photobiol 2010; 86:70-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Turner GJ, Chittiboyina S, Pohren L, Hines KG, Correia JJ, Mitchell DC. The bacteriorhodopsin carboxyl-terminus contributes to proton recruitment and protein stability. Biochemistry 2009; 48:1112-22. [PMID: 19140737 DOI: 10.1021/bi801799j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We examined functional and structural roles for the bacteriorhodopsin (bR) carboxyl-terminus. The extramembranous and intracellular carboxyl-terminus was deleted by insertion of premature translation stop codons. Deletion of the carboxyl-terminus had no effect on purple membrane (PM) lattice dimensions, sheet size, or the electrogenic environment of the ground-state chromophore. Removal of the distal half of the carboxyl-terminus had no effect on light-activated proton pumping, however, truncation of the entire carboxyl-terminus accelerated the rates of M-state decay and proton uptake approximately 3.7-fold and severely distorted the kinetics of proton uptake. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and SDS denaturation demonstrated that removal of the carboxyl-terminus decreased protein stability. The DSC melting temperature was lowered by 6 degrees C and the calorimetric enthalpy reduced by 50% following removal of the carboxyl-terminus. Over the time range of milliseconds to hours at least 3 phases were required to describe the SDS denaturation kinetics for each bR construction. The fastest phases were indistinguishable for all bR's, and reflected PM solubilization. At pH 7.4, 20 degrees C, and in 0.3% SDS (w/v) the half-times of bR denaturation were 19.2 min for the wild-type, 12.0 min for the half-truncation and 3.6 min for the full-truncation. Taken together the results of this study suggest that the bR ground state exhibits two "domains" of stability: (1) a core chromophore binding pocket domain that is insensitive to carboxyl-terminal interactions and (2) the surrounding helical bundle whose contributions to protein stability and proton pumping are influenced by long-range interactions with the extramembranous carboxyl-terminus.
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- George J Turner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey 07079, USA.
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Binding of alkyl polyglucoside surfactants to bacteriorhodopsin and its relation to protein stability. Biophys J 2008; 94:3647-58. [PMID: 18234822 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The binding of alkyl polyglucoside surfactants to the integral membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (BR) and the formation of protein-surfactant complexes are investigated by sedimentation equilibrium via analytical ultracentrifugation and by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). Contrast variation techniques in SANS enable measurement of the composition of the protein-surfactant complexes and determination of the thickness of the surfactant shell bound to the protein. The results indicate that alkyl polyglucosides can bind to BR as single surfactant layers or as a thicker shell. The thickness of the surfactant shell increases with increasing surfactant tail length, and it is generally unrelated to the aggregation number of the micelles even for a small and predominantly hydrophobic membrane protein such as BR. The aggregation numbers determined by sedimentation equilibrium methods match those measured by SANS, which also allows reconstruction of the shape of the protein-detergent complex. When the surfactant is present as a single layer, the BR loses activity, as measured by absorption spectroscopy, more quickly than it does when the surfactant forms a thicker shell.
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Busnel JM, Varenne A, Descroix S, Peltre G, Gohon Y, Gareil P. Evaluation of capillary isoelectric focusing in glycerol-water media with a view to hydrophobic protein applications. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:3369-79. [PMID: 16143969 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) separations are usually performed with neutral coated fused-silica capillaries in aqueous anticonvective media. Glycerol, a very viscous solvent (eta = 945 mPa x s at 25 degrees C), known to help stabilize any kind of proteins and solubilize hydrophobic ones, was tested as an alternative to using commercial gels. Viscosity and electroosmotic mobility were measured as a function of gel or glycerol content in water, and a 30:70 v/v glycerol-water medium appeared as a good compromise for performing CIEF in a bare fused-silica capillary without imposing too high a viscosity. To demonstrate the feasibility of this new CIEF system, a standard mixture of nine model proteins was separated according to their pI with a good agreement between experimental and literature aqueous pIs. Moreover, better resolution was achieved with this system than with the conventional aqueous CIEF system, as two of the model proteins could not be separated in the latter system. Glycerol-water CIEF in bare silica capillary was next applied to the separation of horse radish peroxidase, a complex mixture of protein isoforms. The good concordance with the separation obtained by the conventional CIEF system indicated the adequacy of this new system. Finally, as anticipated from the results obtained for the separation of bacteriorhodopsin, a membrane protein, glycerol-water CIEF performed in bare silica capillary appears to be a promising alternative to conventional aqueous CIEF for hydrophobic protein characterization, under their native form.
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- Jean-Marc Busnel
- Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, ENSCP, Paris, France
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Klein C, Garcia-Rizo C, Bisle B, Scheffer B, Zischka H, Pfeiffer F, Siedler F, Oesterhelt D. The membrane proteome ofHalobacterium salinarum. Proteomics 2005; 5:180-97. [PMID: 15619294 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200400943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The identification of 114 integral membrane proteins from Halobacterium salinarum was achieved using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric (LC/MS/MS) techniques, representing 20% of the predicted alpha-helical transmembrane proteins of the genome. For this experiment, a membrane preparation with only minor contamination by soluble proteins was prepared. From this membrane preparation a number of peripheral membrane proteins were identified by the classical two dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) approach, but identification of integral membrane proteins largely failed with only a very few being identified. By use of a fluorescently labeled membrane preparation, we document that this is caused by an irreversible precipitation of the membrane proteins upon isoelectric focusing (IEF). Attempts to overcome this problem by using alternative IEF methods and IEF strip solubilisation techniques were not successful, and we conclude that the classical 2-DE approach is not suited for the identification of integral membrane proteins. Computational analysis showed that the identification of integral membrane proteins is further complicated by the generation of tryptic peptides, which are unfavorable for matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometric peptide mass fingerprint analysis. Together with the result from the analysis of the cytosolic proteome (see preceding paper), we could identify 34% (943) of all gene products in H. salinarum which can be theoretically expressed. This is a cautious estimate as very stringent criteria were applied for identification. These results are available under www.halolex.mpg.de.
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- Christian Klein
- Abteilung für Membranbiochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Cartailler JP, Luecke H. X-ray crystallographic analysis of lipid-protein interactions in the bacteriorhodopsin purple membrane. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2003; 32:285-310. [PMID: 12598369 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.32.110601.142516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The past decade has witnessed increasingly detailed insights into the structural mechanism of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. Concurrently, there has been much progress within our knowledge pertaining to the lipids of the purple membrane, including the discovery of new lipids and the overall effort to localize and identify each lipid within the purple membrane. Therefore, there is a need to classify this information to generalize the findings. We discuss the properties and roles of haloarchaeal lipids and present the structural data as individual case studies. Lipid-protein interactions are discussed in the context of structure-function relationships. A brief discussion of the possibility that bacteriorhodopsin functions as a light-driven inward hydroxide pump rather than an outward proton pump is also presented.
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- Jean-Philippe Cartailler
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-3900, USA
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Hixson KK, Rodriguez N, Camp DG, Strittmatter EF, Lipton MS, Smith RD. Evaluation of enzymatic digestion and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry peptide mapping of the integral membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin. Electrophoresis 2003; 23:3224-32. [PMID: 12298094 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200209)23:18<3224::aid-elps3224>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A method for the complete peptide mapping of the model integral membrane protein bacteri-orhodopsin is demonstrated. Utilizing more effective enzymatic digestion, procedures with capillary liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), all predicted tryptic digestion products were detected, as well as peptides from all previously reported post-translational modifications of bacteriorhodopsin. A significant contribution of chymotryptic-like digestion products was also observed. A characterization of the behavior of hydrophobic integral membrane peptides in a reversed-phase liquid chromatographic separation is also provided. The method reported here offers improved compatibility of the solubilizing reagents with both the chromatography and mass spectrometry, rendering it suitable for high-throughput proteomic applications.
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- Kim K Hixson
- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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Bailey RW, Dunker AK, Brown CJ, Garner EC, Griswold MD. Clusterin, a binding protein with a molten globule-like region. Biochemistry 2001; 40:11828-40. [PMID: 11570883 DOI: 10.1021/bi010135x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Clusterin is a heterodimeric glycoprotein found in many tissues of the body and is the most abundant protein secreted by cultured rat Sertoli cells. The function of clusterin is unknown, but it has been associated with cellular injury, lipid transport, apoptosis, and it may be involved in the clearance of cellular debris caused by cell injury or death. Consistent with this last idea, clusterin has been shown to bind to a variety of molecules with high affinity including lipids, peptides, and proteins and the hydrophobic probe 1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulfonate (ANS). Given this variety of ligands, clusterin must have specific structural features that provide the protein with its promiscuous binding activity. Using sequence analyses, we show that clusterin likely contains three long regions of natively disordered or molten globule-like structures containing putative amphipathic alpha-helices. These disordered regions were highly sensitive to trypsin digestion, indicating a flexible nature. The effects of denaturation on the fluorescence of the clusterin-ANS complex were compared between proteins with structured binding pockets and molten globular forms of proteins. Clusterin bound ANS in a manner that was very similar to that of molten globular proteins. Furthermore, we found that, when bound to ANS, at least one cleavage site within the protease-sensitive disordered regions of clusterin was protected from trypsin digestion. In addition, we show that clusterin can function as a biological detergent that can solubilize bacteriorhodopsin. We propose that natively disordered regions with amphipathic helices form a dynamic, molten globule-like binding site and provide clusterin the ability to bind to a variety of molecules.
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- R W Bailey
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4660,USA
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Yu SM, McQuade DT, Quinn MA, Hackenberger CP, Krebs MP, Polans AS, Gellman SH. An improved tripod amphiphile for membrane protein solubilization. Protein Sci 2000; 9:2518-27. [PMID: 11206073 PMCID: PMC2144526 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.12.2518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Intrinsic membrane proteins represent a large fraction of the proteins produced by living organisms and perform many crucial functions. Structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins generally requires that they be extracted from the native lipid bilayer and solubilized with a small synthetic amphiphile, for example, a detergent. We describe the development of a small molecule with a distinctive amphiphilic architecture, a "tripod amphiphile," that solubilizes both bacteriorhodopsin (BR) and bovine rhodopsin (Rho). The polar portion of this amphiphile contains an amide and an amine-oxide; small variations in this polar segment are found to have profound effects on protein solubilization properties. The optimal tripod amphiphile extracts both BR and Rho from the native membrane environments and maintains each protein in a monomeric native-like form for several weeks after delipidation. Tripod amphiphiles are designed to display greater conformational rigidity than conventional detergents, with the long-range goal of promoting membrane protein crystallization. The results reported here represent an important step toward that ultimate goal.
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- S M Yu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
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Halocin S8 is a hydrophobic microhalocin of 36 amino acids (3,580 Da) and is the first microhalocin to be described. This peptide antibiotic is unique since it is processed from inside a much larger, 33,962-Da pro-protein. Halocin S8 is quite robust, as it can be desalted, boiled, subjected to organic solvents, and stored at 4 degrees C for extended periods without losing activity. The complete amino acid sequence of halocin S8 was obtained first by Edman degradation of the purified protein and verified from the halS8 gene: H(2)N-S-D-C-N-I-N-S-N-T-A-A-D-V-I-L-C-F-N-Q-V-G-S-C-A-L-C-S-P-T-L-V-G -G-P-V-P-COOH. The halS8 gene is encoded on an approximately 200-kbp megaplasmid and contains a 933-bp open reading frame, of which 108 bp are occupied by halocin S8. Both the halS8 promoter and the "leaderless" halS8 transcript are typically haloarchaeal. Northern blot analysis revealed three halS8 transcripts: two abundant and one minor. Inspection of the 3' end of the gene showed only a single, weak termination site (5'-TTTAT-3'), suggesting that some processing of the larger transcripts may be involved. Expression of the halS8 gene is growth stage dependent: basal halS8 transcript levels are present in low concentrations during exponential growth but increase ninefold during the transition to stationary phase. Initially, halocin activity parallels halS8 transcript levels very closely. However, when halocin activity plateaus, transcripts remain abundant, suggesting inhibition of translation at this point. Once the culture enters stationary phase, transcripts rapidly return to basal levels.
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- L B Price
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5640, USA
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Krebs MP, Isenbarger TA. Structural determinants of purple membrane assembly. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1460:15-26. [PMID: 10984587 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00126-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The purple membrane is a two-dimensional crystalline lattice formed by bacteriorhodopsin and lipid molecules in the cytoplasmic membrane of Halobacterium salinarum. High-resolution structural studies, in conjunction with detailed knowledge of the lipid composition, make the purple membrane one of the best models for elucidating the forces that are responsible for the assembly and stability of integral membrane protein complexes. In this review, recent mutational efforts to identify the structural features of bacteriorhodopsin that determine its assembly in the purple membrane are discussed in the context of structural, calorimetric and reconstitution studies. Quantitative evidence is presented that interactions between transmembrane helices of neighboring bacteriorhodopsin molecules contribute to purple membrane assembly. However, other specific interactions, particularly between bacteriorhodopsin and lipid molecules, may provide the major driving force for assembly. Elucidating the molecular basis of protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions in the purple membrane may provide insights into the formation of integral membrane protein complexes in other systems.
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- M P Krebs
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 53706-1532, Madison, WI, USA.
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Barnidge DR, Dratz EA, Jesaitis AJ, Sunner J. Extraction method for analysis of detergent-solubilized bacteriorhodopsin and hydrophobic peptides by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 1999; 269:1-9. [PMID: 10094768 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The analysis of integral membrane proteins or transmembrane peptides by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is difficult since detergents, used to solubilize these hydrophobic proteins and peptides, severely suppress analyte ion formation. This problem has been addressed previously by precipitating the protein, removing the detergent, and resolubilizing the protein in a nonpolar solvent. Here, we demonstrate a method that avoids protein precipitation and resolubilization. Detergent-solubilized bacteriorhodopsin is extracted into a nonpolar solvent phase by adding a chloroform/methanol/water solvent mixture to the aqueous detergent solution. ESI mass spectra of the nonpolar, chloroform-rich phase were dominated by peaks due to bacterioopsin. Bacterioopsin precursors with partially cleaved leader sequences were seen in all mass spectra. Additional peaks were likely due to intact bacteriorhodopsin, i.e., bacterioopsin with the retinal prosthetic group attached, and to bacterioopsin associated with lipid molecules. A separation process that occurred in the fused-silica capillary leading to the electrospray tip was essential for obtaining ESI mass spectra of bacterioopsin. The extraction-into-chloroform procedure also worked well with hydrophobic, transmembrane-type peptides that were insoluble in other electrospray solvents, including 100% formic acid, and the method has application to transmembrane peptides formed from digests of integral membrane proteins.
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- D R Barnidge
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, 108 Gaines Hall, Bozeman, Montana 58717-3520, USA
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Tribet C, Audebert R, Popot JL. Amphipols: polymers that keep membrane proteins soluble in aqueous solutions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:15047-50. [PMID: 8986761 PMCID: PMC26353 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.26.15047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Amphipols are a new class of surfactants that make it possible to handle membrane proteins in detergent-free aqueous solution as though they were soluble proteins. The strongly hydrophilic backbone of these polymers is grafted with hydrophobic chains, making them amphiphilic. Amphipols are able to stabilize in aqueous solution under their native state four well-characterized integral membrane proteins: (i) bacteriorhodopsin, (ii) a bacterial photosynthetic reaction center, (iii) cytochrome b6f, and (iv) matrix porin.
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- C Tribet
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 278, Paris, France
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Stuart JA, Vought BW, Zhang CF, Birge RR. The active site of bacteriorhodopsin. Two-photon spectroscopic evidence for a positively charged chromophore binding site mediated by calcium. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1002/bspy.350010104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mitra AK, Yeager M, van Hoek AN, Wiener MC, Verkman AS. Projection structure of the CHIP28 water channel in lipid bilayer membranes at 12-A resolution. Biochemistry 1994; 33:12735-40. [PMID: 7524655 DOI: 10.1021/bi00209a001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Osmotic water transport across plasma membranes in erythrocytes and several epithelial cell types is facilitated by CHIP28, a water-selective membrane channel protein. In order to examine the structure of CHIP28 in membranes, large (1.5-2.5-microns diameter), highly ordered, two-dimensional (2-D) crystals of purified and deglycosylated erythrocyte CHIP28 were generated by reconstitution of detergent-solubilized protein into synthetic lipid bilayers via detergent dialysis. Fourier transforms computed from low-dose electron micrographs of such crystals preserved in negative stain display order to 12-A resolution. The crystal lattice is tetragonal (a = b = 99.2 +/- 1.4 A) with plane group symmetry p4g. A projection density map at 12-A resolution defines the molecular boundary and organization of the CHIP28 monomers in the membrane plane. The unit cell contains four CHIP28 dimers, each composed of two oblong-shaped (37 x 25 A ) monomers with opposite orientations. The CHIP28 monomers associate to form tetrameric structures around the 4-fold axes normal to the membrane plane where stain is excluded. The 2-D crystals of CHIP28 display order extending beyond the limit typically achieved by negative staining and therefore may be amenable to high-resolution structure analysis by cryo-electron microscopy.
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- A K Mitra
- Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
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Lang-Hinrichs C, Queck I, Büldt G, Stahl U, Hildebrandt V. The archaebacterial membrane protein bacterio-opsin is expressed and N-terminally processed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1994; 244:183-8. [PMID: 8052237 DOI: 10.1007/bf00283521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The bop gene codes for the membrane protein bacterio-opsin (BO), which on binding all-trans-retinal, constitutes the light-driven proton pump bacteriorhodopsin (BR) in the archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium. This gene was cloned in a yeast multi-copy vector and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of the constitutive ADH1 promoter. Both the authentic gene and a modified form lacking the precursor sequence were expressed in yeast. Both proteins are incorporated into the membrane in S. cerevisiae. The presequence is thus not required for membrane targeting and insertion of the archaebacterial protein in budding yeast, or in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, as has been shown previously. However, in contrast to S. pombe transformants, which take on a reddish colour when all-trans-retinal is added to the culture medium as a result of the in vivo regeneration of the pigment, S. cerevisiae cells expressing BO do not take on a red colour. The precursor of BO is processed to a protein identical in size to the mature BO found in the purple membrane of Halobacterium. The efficiency of processing in S. cerevisiae is dependent on growth phase, as well as on the composition of the medium and on the strain used. The efficiency of processing of BR is reduced in S. pombe and in a retinal-deficient strain of H. salinarium, when retinal is present in the medium.
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- C Lang-Hinrichs
- Technische Universität Berlin, FG Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Germany
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Hazard ES, Govindjee R, Ebrey TG, Crouch RK. Biosynthetic incorporation of m-fluorotyrosine into bacteriorhodopsin. Photochem Photobiol 1992; 56:929-34. [PMID: 1492136 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1992.tb09715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Halobacterium halobium, grown in a defined medium where tyrosine had been largely replaced with m-fluorotyrosine, biosynthetically produced purple membrane. Analysis of this membrane by high pressure liquid chromatography of phenylthiocarbamyl derivatized amino acids of membrane acid hydrolysates revealed that up to 50% of the tyrosine was present as the m-fluorotyrosine form. Yields of the purple membrane decreased as the level of incorporation increased. The experimental purple membrane showed a single 19F NMR resonance at -61.983 ppm (relative to trifluoroacetic acid). The bacteriorhodopsin (bR) in the purple membrane was normal as assayed by gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, circular dichroic spectra, and UV-visible spectra. However, the fluorinated tyrosine bacteriorhodopsins at near neutral pH exhibited slightly slower rates of proton uptake and a slower M-state decay with biphasic kinetics reminiscent of alkaline solutions of bR (pH > 9). These results imply that the tyrosines in bacteriorhodopsin may play a role in the photoactivated proton translocation process of this pigment.
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- E S Hazard
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-2501
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Bauer U, Hildebrandt V, Dencher NA, Wrede P. In vitro synthesis of bacterio-opsin: integration into microsomal membranes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1992; 187:1480-5. [PMID: 1384471 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(92)90469-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The translation and membrane integration of bacterio-opsin from Halobacterium salinarium were investigated. Plasmids containing the bacterio-opsin-gene with or without its original presequence were transcribed with the T7-RNA-polymerase and translated in vitro in a wheat germ system. The integration of the expressed bacterio-opsin into dog pancreas microsomes was studied. Both precursor bacterio-opsin and mature bacterio-opsin integrate into the eukaryotic membrane.
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- U Bauer
- Freie Universität Berlin, FB Physik, AG Biophysik, Germany
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Hildebrandt V, Polakowski F, Büldt G. PURPLE FISSION YEAST: OVEREXPRESSION and PROCESSING OF THE PIGMENT BACTERIORHODOPSIN IN Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Photochem Photobiol 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1991.tb02123.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Detergent delipidation and solubilization strategies for high-resolution NMR of the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)99189-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Seigneuret M, Neumann JM, Levy D, Rigaud JL. High-resolution 13C NMR study of the topography and dynamics of methionine residues in detergent-solubilized bacteriorhodopsin. Biochemistry 1991; 30:3885-92. [PMID: 2018760 DOI: 10.1021/bi00230a012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The proton transport membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin has been biosynthetically labeled with [methyl-13C]methionine and studied by high-resolution 13C NMR after solubilization in the detergent Triton X-100. The nine methionine residues of bacteriorhodopsin give rise to four well-resolved 13C resonances, two of which are shifted upfield or downfield due to nearby aromatic residues. Methionine residues located on the hydrophilic surfaces, on the hydrophobic surface, and in the interior of the protein could be discriminated by studying the effects of papain proteolysis, glycerol-induced viscosity increase, and paramagnetic broadening by spin-labels on NMR spectra. Such data were used to evaluate current models of the bacteriorhodopsin transmembrane folding and tertiary structure. T2 and NOE measurements were performed to study the local dynamics of methionine residues in bacteriorhodopsin. For the detergent-solubilized protein, hydrophilic and hydrophobic external residues undergo a relatively large extent of side chain wobbling motion while most internal residues are less mobile. In the native purple membrane and in reconstituted bacteriorhodopsin liposomes, almost all methionine residues have their wobbling motion severely restricted, indicating a large effect of the membrane environment on the protein internal dynamics.
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- M Seigneuret
- URA-CNRS 1290, CEN Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Milder SJ, Thorgeirsson TE, Miercke LJ, Stroud RM, Kliger DS. Effects of detergent environments on the photocycle of purified monomeric bacteriorhodopsin. Biochemistry 1991; 30:1751-61. [PMID: 1993191 DOI: 10.1021/bi00221a004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Time-resolved difference spectra have been obtained for the photocycle of delipidated bacteriorhodopsin monomers (d-BR) in six different detergent micelle environments that were prepared by two new detergent-exchange techniques. A global kinetic analysis of the photocycle spectra for d-BR in each detergent environment was performed. Comparison of these results with those obtained for the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin in purple membrane (PM) shows that there is one fewer kinetically distinguishable process for monomeric BR between the decay of the K intermediate and the rise of the M intermediate. Assuming a sequential pathway occurs in the photocycle, it appears that the equilibrium between the L and M intermediates is reached much more rapidly in the detergent micelles. This is attributed to a more direct interaction between Asp-85 and the proton on the nitrogen of the Schiff base of retinal for BR in the detergents. Equilibrium concentrations of late photocycle intermediates are also altered in detergents. The later steps of the photocycle, including the decay of the M intermediate, are slowed in detergents with rings in their hydrocarbon region. This is attributed to effects on conformational changes occurring during the decay of M and/or other later photocycle intermediates. The lifetime of dark adaptation of light-adapted d-BR in different detergent environments increases in environments where the lifetime of the M intermediate increases. These results suggest that the high percentage of either unsaturated or methyl-branched lipids in PM and the membranes of other retinal proteins may be important for their effective functioning.
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- S J Milder
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz 95064
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Ultraviolet resonance Raman spectra of bacteriorhodopsin have been obtained using 229 nm excitation from a hydrogen-shifted neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) laser. High signal-to-noise spectra are observed exhibiting vibrational bands at 762, 877, 1011, 1175, 1356, 1552 and 1617 cm-1 which are assigned to scattering from tryptophan and tyrosine side chains. This demonstrates the feasibility of using UV resonance Raman spectroscopy to monitor aromatic amino acid structural changes during the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle.
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- M M Netto
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Homogeneous bacteriorhodopsin was obtained preparatively (100 mg batches) from purple membrane of Halobacterium halobium cells. The homogeneity of the protein was considerably affected by variations in the growth conditions of the bacteria. Fully matured bacteriorhodopsin having a blocked N-terminus and a homogeneous C-terminus, was reproducibly obtained when cells were grown in a sufficiently aerated medium.
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- B Lorber
- Center for Macromolecular Crystallography, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 35294
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Miercke LJ, Stroud RM, Dratz EA. Preparative purification of functional bacteriorhodopsin by high-performance size-exclusion chromatography. J Chromatogr A 1989; 483:331-40. [PMID: 2560474 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)93132-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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High-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) was used to produce stable bacteriorhodopsin essentially free of native lipids. The purified bacteriorhodopsin was shown to be highly functional when reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles. Purple membrane was washed in the detergent 3-[( 3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-2,2-hydroxy-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPSO) to remove a large fraction (65%) of the membrane lipids, solubilized in Triton X-100 and purified on a Bio-Sil TSK G3000SW column using a CHAPSO mobile phase. Pooled column fractions of bacteriorhodopsin from 25-mg sample loads show a 280/548 nm absorbance ratio of 1.5-1.6 and contain less than 4% endogenous lipids. This HPSEC method requires much less expensive synthetic detergent and is much faster than open column methods [cf. L.J.W. Miercke, P.E. Ross, R.M. Stroud and E.A. Dratz, J. Biol. Chem., 264 (1989) 7531-7535].
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- L J Miercke
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0448
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