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Aragón-Muriel A, Ausili A, Sánchez K, Rojas A OE, Londoño Mosquera J, Polo-Cerón D, Oñate-Garzón J. Studies on the Interaction of Alyteserin 1c Peptide and Its Cationic Analogue with Model Membranes Imitating Mammalian and Bacterial Membranes. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9100527. [PMID: 31557903 PMCID: PMC6843542 DOI: 10.3390/biom9100527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are effector molecules of the innate immune system and have been isolated from multiple organisms. Their antimicrobial properties are due to the fact that they interact mainly with the anionic membrane of the microorganisms, permeabilizing it and releasing the cytoplasmic content. Alyteserin 1c (+2), an AMP isolated from Alytes obstetricans and its more cationic and hydrophilic analogue (+5) were synthesized using the solid phase method, in order to study the interaction with model membranes by calorimetric and spectroscopic assays. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that both peptides had a strong effect when the membrane contained phosphatidylcholine (PC) alone or was mixed with phosphatidylglycerol (PG), increasing membrane fluidization. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) was used to study the secondary structure of the peptide. Peptide +2 exhibited a transition from β-sheet/turns to β-sheet/α-helix structures after binding with model membranes, whereas peptide +5 had a transition from aggregation/unordered to β-sheet/α-helix structures after binding with membrane-contained PC. Interestingly, the latter showed a β-sheet structure predominantly in the presence of PG lipids. Additionally, molecular dynamics (MD) results showed that the carboxy-terminal of the peptide +5 has the ability to insert into the surface of the PC/PG membranes, resulting in the increase of the membrane fluidity.
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- Alberto Aragón-Muriel
- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departmento de Química, Laboratorio of Investigación en Catalisis and Procesos (LICAP), Universidad del Valle, Cali 760001, Colombia.
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- Departmento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Campus of International Excellence Mare, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Química y Biotecnología (QUIBIO), Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Cali 760031, Colombia.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Química y Biotecnología (QUIBIO), Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Cali 760031, Colombia.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departmento de Química, Laboratorio of Investigación en Catalisis and Procesos (LICAP), Universidad del Valle, Cali 760001, Colombia.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Departmento de Química, Laboratorio of Investigación en Catalisis and Procesos (LICAP), Universidad del Valle, Cali 760001, Colombia.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Química y Biotecnología (QUIBIO), Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Cali 760031, Colombia.
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Bychkova VE, Basova LV, Balobanov VA. How membrane surface affects protein structure. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2015; 79:1483-514. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297914130045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Aoki S, Epand RM. Caveolin-1 hydrophobic segment peptides insertion into membrane mimetic systems: Role of Proline residue. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1818:12-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Revised: 09/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yamanaka M, Masanari M, Sambongi Y. Conferment of Folding Ability to a Naturally Unfolded Apocytochrome c through Introduction of Hydrophobic Amino Acid Residues. Biochemistry 2011; 50:2313-20. [DOI: 10.1021/bi101646m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Masaru Yamanaka
- Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
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Khan MKA, Rahaman H, Ahmad F. Conformation and thermodynamic stability of pre-molten and molten globule states of mammalian cytochromes-c. Metallomics 2011; 3:327-38. [DOI: 10.1039/c0mt00078g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Ausili A, Torrecillas A, Martínez-Senac MM, Corbalán-García S, Gómez-Fernández JC. The interaction of the Bax C-terminal domain with negatively charged lipids modifies the secondary structure and changes its way of insertion into membranes. J Struct Biol 2008; 164:146-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2008] [Revised: 07/04/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bayraktar H, Srivastava S, You CC, Rotello VM, Knapp MJ. Controlled nanoparticleassembly through protein conformational changes. SOFT MATTER 2008; 4:751-756. [PMID: 32907180 DOI: 10.1039/b716386j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Selective surface recognition by proteins provides programmed bottom-up assembly of synthetic nanomaterials. We have investigated the controlled self-assembly of functionalized gold nanoparticles (Au-TAsp) with cytochrome c (Cyt c) and apoCyt c through complementary electrostatic interactions. Au-TAsp formed discrete, water-soluble adducts with native Cyt c, whereas unfolded apoCyt c induced nanocomposite formation at high Cyt c : Au-TAsp ratios. The binding of random-coil apoCyt c to Au-TAsp at low ratios induced α-helix formation in soluble nanocomposites, but at elevated ratios insoluble micron-scale aggregates were formed. The local structure of the assemblies was critically dependent on the Cyt c : Au-TAsp ratio. The dispersibility of apoCyt c-Au-TAsp was pH dependent, providing rapid and reversible control over nanocomposite assembly. The apoCyt c-Au-TAsp aggregates could likewise be disassembled through proteolytic cleavage of apoCyt c, demonstrating the ability to selectively remodel these hybrid materials.
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- Halil Bayraktar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA. and Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA. and Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Massachusetts, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Park CH, Nguyen SD, Kim MR, Jeong TS, Sok DE. Differential effect of lysophospholipids on activities of human plasma paraoxonase1, either soluble or lipid-bound. Lipids 2006; 41:371-80. [PMID: 16808151 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-006-5108-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Interaction of paraoxonase1 (PON1) with lysophospholipids was examined with respect to activity regulation and binding property. Paraoxonase activity of purified PON1 was partially inhibited by palmitoyl-lysophosphatidyl-glycerol (palmitoyl-lysoPG) and lysophosphatidylinositol (lysoPI), which had a stimulatory effect on arylesterase and diazoxonase activities. The selective inhibition of paraoxonase activity by palmitoyl-lysoPG, characterized by noncompetitiveness and charge interaction, was also observed with HDL- or dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC)-bound PON1. Meanwhile, lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPC) stimulated all three activities of purified PON1, although it stimulated DMPC-bound or HDL-bound PON1 to a lesser extent. The stimulatory action of lysophospholipids was observed around their CMC, suggesting that micelle formation of lysophospholpids might be involved in the stimulation of PON1 activity. Presumably in support of this, the tryptophan fluorescence intensity of PON1 was increased by lysophospholipids at concentrations required for the stimulation of PON1 activity. Separately, lysoPC stimulation was less remarkable for DMPC-bound PON1 than for either dimyristoylphosphatidylserine (DMPS)- or dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol-bound PON1, suggesting a tight association between PON1 and DMPC. In support of this, the stimulatory role of apolipoprotein A-I was less prominent for DMPC-bound PON1 than for DMPS-bound PON1. Taken together, these data suggest that the inhibition of paraoxonase activity by lysoPG or lysoPI may be due to binding to a site distinct from the active center, whereas the stimulation by lysophospholipid may be ascribed to the micelle formation around the lipid-associable region of PON1.
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- Cheon Ho Park
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejon, Korea
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Peric M, Alves M, Bales BL. Combining precision spin-probe partitioning with time-resolved fluorescence quenching to study micelles. Chem Phys Lipids 2006; 142:1-13. [PMID: 16569402 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2005] [Revised: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Micelles of lysomyristoylphosphatidylcholine (LMPC) and mixed micelles of LMPC with anionic detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) have been characterized by spin-probe-partitioning electron paramagnetic resonance (SPPEPR) and time-resolved fluorescence quenching (TRFQ) experiments. SPPEPR is a novel new method to study structure and dynamics in lipid assemblies successfully applied here for the first time to micelles. Several improvements to the computer program used to analyze SPPEPR spectra have been incorporated that increase the precision in the extracted parameters considerably from which micelle properties such as effective water concentration and microviscosity may be estimated. In addition, with this increased precision, it is shown that it is feasible to study the rate of transfer of a small spin probe between micelles and the surrounding aqueous phase by SPPEPR. The rate of transfer of the spin probe di-tert-butyl nitroxide (DTBN) and the activation energy of the transfer process in LMPC and LMPC-SDS micelles have been determined with high precision. The rate of transfer increases with temperature and SDS molar fraction in mixed micelles, while it remains constant with LMPC concentration in pure LMPC micelles. The activation energy of DTBN transfer in pure lysophospholipid micelles does not change with LMPC concentration while it decreases with the increasing molar fraction of SDS in mixed LMPC-SDS micelles. Both this decrease in activation energy and the increase in the rate of transfer are rationalized in terms of an increasing micelle surface area per molecule (decreasing compactness) as SDS molecules are added. This decreasing compactness as a function of SDS content is confirmed by TRFQ measurements showing an aggregation number that decreases from 122 molecules for pure LMPC micelles to 80 molecules for pure SDS micelles. The same increase in surface area per molecule is predicted to increase the effective water concentration in the polar shell of the micelles. This increase in hydration with SDS molar fraction is confirmed by measuring the effective water concentration in the polar shell of the micelles from the hyperfine spacing of DTBN. This work demonstrates the potential to design mixed lysophospholipid surfactant micelles with variable physicochemical properties. Well-defined micellar substrates, in terms of their physicochemical properties, may improve the studies of protein structure and enzyme kinetics.
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- Miroslav Peric
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Center for Supramolecular Studies, California State University at Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330-8268, United States.
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Liang L, Yao P, Jiang M, Zhang G, Yan Y. Interactions of apo cytochrome C with alternating copolymers of maleic acid and alkene. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:10662-70. [PMID: 16262334 DOI: 10.1021/la050973i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Apo cytochrome c (apo cyt c) tends to aggregate at alkali pH. Poly(isobutylene-alt-maleic acid) (PIMA) is soluble molecularly, whereas poly(1-tetradecene-alt-maleic acid) (PTMA) forms particles that tend to dissociate by increasing pH and decreasing concentration. Dynamic light scattering and surface plasmon resonance are used to investigate the interactions of PIMA and PTMA with apo cyt c at different pH values to understand the mechanism of the interactions. When the positive or negative charges are in excess, the copolymer-protein complex particles can be stabilized by the charges on the surface. When the ratio of the positive to negative charges is close to the stoichiometric value, precipitation occurs. At pH 11.8, both PTMA and apo cyt c carry negative charges, but the hydrophobic interaction makes them form complexes. A competition exists between the interaction of the copolymer with apo cyt c and the self-aggregation of PTMA or apo cyt c alone. The interaction of PIMA or PTMA with apo cyt c at neutral and alkali pH destroys the aggregation of PTMA or apo cyt c and forms new complex particles.
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- Li Liang
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Liang L, Yao P, Jiang M. Structural Transformation of Apocytochrome c Induced by Alternating Copolymers of Maleic Acid and Alkene. Biomacromolecules 2005; 6:2748-55. [PMID: 16153115 DOI: 10.1021/bm050250d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Apocytochrome c interacts with two copolymers: poly(isobutylene-alt-maleic acid) (PIMA) and poly(1-tetradecene-alt-maleic acid) (PTMA). The interaction leads to apocytochrome c, a conformational change from random coil to alpha-helical structure. The alpha-helix content is influenced by the copolymer concentration, the length of alkyl chain of the copolymers, and pH of the medium. The electrostatic attraction between the copolymer and protein is an indispensable factor for the folding of the protein at acid pH. The hydrophobic interaction is an important factor over the entire pH range, especially when both the copolymer and protein carry negative charges at alkaline pH. The electrostatic and hydrophobic attractions between the copolymer and protein exclude water molecules, promoting the formation of hydrogen bonds within the helical structure. On the other hand, the hydrogen bonds formed between the ionized carboxyl of the copolymer and the amide of the protein partly restrain the formation of hydrogen bonds within the helical structure when the copolymer concentration is higher at pH 6.5 and 10.5.
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- Li Liang
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymer, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Apocytochrome c has a potent ability to insert spontaneously into membrane. To identify which sequences were critical for this insertion activity, a series of peptides N19, C8, C15 and C21, corresponding to sequences 1-19, 81-88, 74-88 and 68-88 of apocytochrome c, respectively, were synthesized and purified. Insertion ability into phospholipid monolayer, intrinsic fluorescence emission spectra, and the accessibility of peptide C21 to fluorescence quenchers: KI, acrylamide and HB showed that only segment 68-88 could insert into membrane, while other segments did not. CD spectra demonstrated that its interaction with liposomes containing negatively charged phospholipid could induce a partial alpha-helical conformation in peptide C21. It is interesting to note that a cooperation exists between segment 68-88 and 1-19 in the insertion of apocytochrome c and consequently translocation across membrane.
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- Xiaoping Wang
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Model phospholipid membranes affect the tertiary structure of holomyoglobin: Conformational changes at pH 6.2. Mol Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11008-005-0015-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hirota S, Suzuki M, Watanabe Y. Hydrophobic effect of trityrosine on heme ligand exchange during folding of cytochrome c. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 314:452-8. [PMID: 14733927 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Effect of a hydrophobic peptide on folding of oxidized cytochrome c (cyt c) is studied with trityrosine. Folding of cyt c was initiated by pH jump from 2.3 (acid-unfolded) to 4.2 (folded). The Soret band of the 2-ms transient absorption spectrum during folding decreased its intensity and red-shifted from 397 to 400 nm by interaction with trityrosine, whereas tyrosinol caused no significant effect. The change in the transient absorption spectrum by interaction with trityrosine was similar to that obtained with 100 mM imidazole, which showed that the population of the intermediate His/His coordinated species increased during folding of cyt c by interaction with trityrosine. The absorption change was biphasic, the fast phase (82+/-9s(-1)) corresponding to the transition from the His/H(2)O to the His/Met coordinated species, whereas the slow phase (24+/-3s(-1)) from His/His to His/Met. By addition of trityrosine, the relative ratio of the slow phase increased, due to increase of the His/His species at the initial stage of folding. According to the resonance Raman spectra of cyt c, the high-spin 6-coordinate and low-spin 6-coordinate species were dominated at pH 2.3 and 4.2, respectively, and these species were not affected by addition of trityrosine. These results demonstrated that the His/His species increased by interaction with trityrosine at the initial stage of cyt c folding, whereas the heme coordination structure was not affected by trityrosine when the protein was completely unfolded or folded. Hydrophobic peptides thus may be useful to study the effects of hydrophobic interactions on protein folding.
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- Shun Hirota
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Yamashina-ku, 607-8414 Kyoto, Japan.
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We investigated the ability of tBid (truncated form of Bid) to bind and permeabilize the liposomes (large unilamellar vesicles, LUVs) and release fluorescent marker molecules (fluorescein-isothiocyanate-conjugated dextrans, FITC-dextrans) of various molecular diameters (FD-20, FD-70, FD-250S) from LUVs. Obtained data showed that tBid was more efficient in promoting leakage of FITC-dextrans from LUVs composed of cardiolipin and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) than LUVs made of dioleoylphosphatidic acid or dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol and DOPC. The leakage efficiency was reduced with increasing amount of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine or dielaidoylphosphatidylethanolamine. Phospholipid monolayer assay and fluorescence quenching measurements revealed that tBid inserted deeply into the hydrophobic acyl chain of acidic phospholipids. Taking into account the tBid three-dimensional structure, we propose that tBid could penetrate into the hydrophobic core of membrane, resulting in the leakage of entrapped content from LUVs via a pore-forming mechanism.
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- Ling Yan
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, PR China.
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The role of the phosphoserine residues on the dynamical and structural properties of beta-casein was studied by molecular dynamics of the protein in water/lipid interfacial regions. The initial protein structure adopted in the modeling was that proposed for bovine beta-casein A2, where the five phosphoserine residues, originally present in its primary structure, were partially or totally substituted by serine residues. The simulations revealed a dependence of the interfacial behavior of beta-casein on the phosphorylation grade. When only partially dephosphorylated, the protein showed a similar behavior as that observed for the original beta-casein reported in previous work. During dynamics, the protein migrated from the aqueous environment towards the lipid medium, and remained attached to the interface separating both media. Quite different was the dynamics of the totally dephosphorylated beta-casein, that did not perceive the interface and immersed incessantly into lipid medium. The results suggest that the phosphoserine residues appear to be, in fact, intrinsically related to the mechanisms of beta-casein emulsion stabilization.
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- M M Cassiano
- Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715, 01246-904, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Barrera FN, Poveda JA, González-Ros JM, Neira JL. Binding of the C-terminal sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain of human p73 to lipid membranes. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:46878-85. [PMID: 12954612 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307846200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The alpha splice variant of p73 (p73alpha), a homologue of the tumor suppressor p53, has close to its C terminus a sterile alpha motif (SAM), SAMp73, that is thought to be involved in protein-protein interactions. Here, we report the lipid binding properties of this domain. Binding was assayed against zwitterionic (phosphatidylcholine) and anionic (phosphatidic acid) lipids and was studied by different biophysical techniques, namely, circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopies and differential scanning calorimetry. These techniques unambiguously indicate that SAMp73 binds to lipids. The binding involves protein surface attachment and partial membrane penetration, accompanied by changes in SAMp73 structure.
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- Francisco N Barrera
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular, Edificio Torregaitán, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avda. del Ferrocarril s/n, 03202 Elche (Alicante), Spain
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Gong J, Yao P, Duan H, Jiang M, Gu S, Chunyu L. Structural transformation of cytochrome c and apo cytochrome c induced by sulfonated polystyrene. Biomacromolecules 2003; 4:1293-300. [PMID: 12959597 DOI: 10.1021/bm034090m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The structural transformation of cytochrome c (cyt c) and its heme-free precursor, apo cyt c, induced by negatively charged sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) with different charge density (degree of sulfonation) and chain length was studied to understand the factors that influence the folding and unfolding of the protein. SPS forms stable transparent nanoparticles in aqueous solution. The hydrophobic association of the backbone chain and phenyl groups is balanced by the electrostatic repulsion of the sulfonate groups on the particle surface. The binding of cyt c to negatively charged SPS particles causes an extensive disruption of the native compact structure of cyt c: the cleavage of Fe-Met80 ligand, about 40% loss of the helical structure, and the disruption of the asymmetry environment of Trp59. On the other hand, SPS particle-bound apo cyt c undergoes a conformational change from the random coil to alpha-helical structure. The folding of apo cyt c in SPS particles was influenced by pH and ionic strength of the solution, SPS concentration, and the degree of sulfonation and chain length of SPS. The folding can reach more than 90% of the alpha-helix content of native cyt c in solution. Poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS), which is 100% sulfonated polystyrene and cannot form hydrophobic cores in the solution, induces only two-thirds of the alpha-helix content compared with SPS. It appears that the electrostatic interaction between PSS/SPS and apo cyt c induces an early partially folded state of apo cyt c. The hydrophobic interaction between nonpolar residues in apo cyt c and the hydrophobic cores in SPS particles extends the alpha-helical structure of apo cyt c.
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- Jie Gong
- Department of Macromolecular Science and the Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymer, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Chenal A, Savarin P, Nizard P, Guillain F, Gillet D, Forge V. Membrane protein insertion regulated by bringing electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions into play. A case study with the translocation domain of diphtheria toxin. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:43425-32. [PMID: 12193591 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m204148200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The study of the membrane insertion of the translocation domain of diphtheria toxin deepens our insight into the interactions between proteins and membranes. During cell intoxication, this domain undergoes a change from a soluble and folded state at alkaline pH to a functional membrane-inserted state at acid pH. We found that hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions occur in a sequential manner between the domain and the membrane during the insertion. The first step involves hydrophobic interactions by the C-terminal region. This is because of the pH-induced formation of a molten globule specialized for binding to the membrane. Accumulation of this molten globule follows a precise molecular mechanism adapted to the toxin function. The second step, as the pH decreases, leads to the functional inserted state. It arises from the changes in the balance of electrostatic attractions and repulsions between the N-terminal part and the membrane. Our study shows how the structural changes and the interaction with membranes of the translocation domain are finely tuned by pH changes to take advantage of the cellular uptake system.
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- Alexandre Chenal
- Département d'Ingénierie et d'Etudes des Protéines, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France
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Oren Z, Ramesh J, Avrahami D, Suryaprakash N, Shai Y, Jelinek R. Structures and mode of membrane interaction of a short alpha helical lytic peptide and its diastereomer determined by NMR, FTIR, and fluorescence spectroscopy. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:3869-80. [PMID: 12180963 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03080.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The interaction of many lytic cationic antimicrobial peptides with their target cells involves electrostatic interactions, hydrophobic effects, and the formation of amphipathic secondary structures, such as alpha helices or beta sheets. We have shown in previous studies that incorporating approximately 30%d-amino acids into a short alpha helical lytic peptide composed of leucine and lysine preserved the antimicrobial activity of the parent peptide, while the hemolytic activity was abolished. However, the mechanisms underlying the unique structural features induced by incorporating d-amino acids that enable short diastereomeric antimicrobial peptides to preserve membrane binding and lytic capabilities remain unknown. In this study, we analyze in detail the structures of a model amphipathic alpha helical cytolytic peptide KLLLKWLL KLLK-NH2 and its diastereomeric analog and their interactions with zwitterionic and negatively charged membranes. Calculations based on high-resolution NMR experiments in dodecylphosphocholine (DPCho) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles yield three-dimensional structures of both peptides. Structural analysis reveals that the peptides have an amphipathic organization within both membranes. Specifically, the alpha helical structure of the L-type peptide causes orientation of the hydrophobic and polar amino acids onto separate surfaces, allowing interactions with both the hydrophobic core of the membrane and the polar head group region. Significantly, despite the absence of helical structures, the diastereomer peptide analog exhibits similar segregation between the polar and hydrophobic surfaces. Further insight into the membrane-binding properties of the peptides and their depth of penetration into the lipid bilayer has been obtained through tryptophan quenching experiments using brominated phospholipids and the recently developed lipid/polydiacetylene (PDA) colorimetric assay. The combined NMR, FTIR, fluorescence, and colorimetric studies shed light on the importance of segregation between the positive charges and the hydrophobic moieties on opposite surfaces within the peptides for facilitating membrane binding and disruption, compared to the formation of alpha helical or beta sheet structures.
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- Ziv Oren
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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Wang X, Han X, Jia S, Yang F. Change of apocytochrome c translocation across membrane in consequence of hydrophobic segment deletion. Mol Cell Biochem 2002; 233:39-47. [PMID: 12083378 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015502800914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Wild-type apocytochrome c and its hydrophobic segment deleted mutants, named delta28-39, delta72-86 and delta28-29/72-86 were constructed, expressed and highly purified respectively. Insertion ability into phospholipid monolayer, inducing leakage of entrapped fluorescent dye fluorescein sulfonate (FS) from liposomes, and translocation across model membrane system showed that the wild-type apoprotein and delta28-39 almost exhibited the same characteristics, while mutants with segment 72-86 deletion did not. Furthermore, CD spectra, intrinsic fluorescence emission spectra, and the accessibility of the protein to the fluorescence quenchers: KI, acrylamide and HB demonstrated that the segment 72-86 deletion has a significant effect on the conformational changes of apocytochrome c following its interaction with phospholipid. On the basis of these results it is postulated that the C-terminal hydrophobic segment 72-86 plays an important role in the translocation of apocytochrome c across membrane.
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- Xiaoping Wang
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
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Sanghera N, Pinheiro TJT. Binding of prion protein to lipid membranes and implications for prion conversion. J Mol Biol 2002; 315:1241-56. [PMID: 11827491 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The binding of the Syrian hamster prion protein, SHaPrP(90-231), to model lipid membranes was investigated by tryptophan fluorescence. Membranes composed of negatively charged or zwitterionic lipids, and raft-like membranes containing dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine(1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC), cholesterol and sphingomyelin, were investigated. It was found that SHaPrP(90-231) binds to negatively charged lipid membranes and raft-like membranes. Binding of PrP to negatively charged lipid membranes involves both electrostatic and hydrophobic lipid-protein interactions and results in partial insertion of PrP into the lipid bilayer. This membrane-inserted conformation of PrP is richer in beta-sheet structure and has a disruptive effect on the integrity of the lipid bilayer, leading to total release of vesicle contents. In contrast, the binding of PrP to raft-like membranes is driven by hydrophobic lipid-protein interactions and induces the formation of alpha-helical structure. This conformation of PrP with a high content of alpha-helix is formed only at pH 7 and does not destabilize the lipid bilayer. Our findings support the view that an interaction of PrP with lipid membranes could play a role in PrP conversion.
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- Narinder Sanghera
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Miao Q, Han X, Yang F. Phosphatidic acid-phosphatidylethanolamine interaction and apocytochrome c translocation across model membranes. Biochem J 2001; 354:681-8. [PMID: 11237873 PMCID: PMC1221700 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3540681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The translocation of apocytochrome c (apocyt.c) across large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) constructed from mixtures of anionic and zwitterionic phospholipids, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC), has been studied. It was shown that the import ratio of horse heart apocyt.c in LUVs composed of phosphatidic acid (PA) combined with PE and PC (62+/-10%) was much higher than that in LUVs made of PE and PC plus any other acidic phospholipid species (20+/-5%). This feature was shared by tuna heart and chicken heart apocyt.c. In addition, the greater efficiency of the PA/PE/PC system versus others in facilitating apocyt.c translocation was maintained using synthetic anionic phospholipids with the same acyl chains. Besides, apocyt.c induces more leakage of entrapped fluorescein sulphonate (FS) from the interior of PA/PC/PE vesicles compared with phosphatidylglycerol (PG)/PC/PE ones. By measuring the intrinsic fluorescence emission spectrum and the accessibility of the preprotein to the fluorescence quencher, acrylamide, differences could be detected in the conformational changes of apocyt.c as a consequence of its interaction with PA/PE/PC and PG/PE/PC vesicles, respectively. Particularly notable is that PE is indispensable for the PA/PE/PC system to most efficiently facilitate apocyt.c translocation across the model membranes. With the fraction of PE increasing from 0 to 30 mol%, the translocation efficiency of apocyt.c as well as its ability to induce FS efflux was significantly enhanced in PA-containing LUVs, whereas this was not observed in the case of replacement of PA by PG or phosphatidylserine. It is also interesting to note that in LUVs containing PA, dioleoyl-PE, but not dielaidoyl-PE, can exert such influences, indicative of the role of non-bilayer formation propensity. On the basis of these results it is postulated that PA might increase the bilayer-destabilizing effects of PE, and hence increase the translocation efficiency of apocyt.c and its leakage-induction ability.
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- Q Miao
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Orlandini E, Seno F, Banavar JR, Laio A, Maritan A. Deciphering the folding kinetics of transmembrane helical proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:14229-34. [PMID: 11121029 PMCID: PMC18900 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.26.14229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nearly a quarter of genomic sequences and almost half of all receptors that are likely to be targets for drug design are integral membrane proteins. Understanding the detailed mechanisms of the folding of membrane proteins is a largely unsolved, key problem in structural biology. Here, we introduce a general model and use computer simulations to study the equilibrium properties and the folding kinetics of a C(alpha)-based two-helix bundle fragment (comprised of 66 aa) of bacteriorhodopsin. Various intermediates are identified and their free energy are calculated together with the free energy barrier between them. In 40% of folding trajectories, the folding rate is considerably increased by the presence of nonobligatory intermediates acting as traps. In all cases, a substantial portion of the helices is rapidly formed. This initial stage is followed by a long period of consolidation of the helices accompanied by their correct packing within the membrane. Our results provide the framework for understanding the variety of folding pathways of helical transmembrane proteins.
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- E Orlandini
- Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia (INFM), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Yoshimoto M, Shimanouchi T, Umakoshi H, Kuboi R. Immobilized liposome chromatography for refolding and purification of protein. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 2000; 743:93-9. [PMID: 10942276 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(00)00051-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Small unilamellar liposomes were utilized as a kind of aqueous two-phase system and artificial chaperone which specifically recognize protein conformation with fluctuated structure. Liposomes showed highly selective binding ability to conformationally changed proteins treated with various concentrations of guanidinium hydrochloride, as evaluated by immobilized liposome chromatography (ILC). In refolding of proteins, liposomes bound to refolding intermediate of proteins and prevented them from forming intermolecular aggregates. Refolding of bovine carbonic anhydrase, lysozyme and ribonuclease A was significantly improved in the presence of liposomes. Furthermore, by utilizing ILC, refolding of proteins was also successfully and simply carried out with considerable high reactivation yield.
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- M Yoshimoto
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
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Sanghera N, Pinheiro TJ. Unfolding and refolding of cytochrome c driven by the interaction with lipid micelles. Protein Sci 2000; 9:1194-202. [PMID: 10892811 PMCID: PMC2144667 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.6.1194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Binding of native cyt c to L-PG micelles leads to a partially unfolded conformation of cyt c. This micelle-bound state has no stable tertiary structure, but remains as alpha-helical as native cyt c in solution. In contrast, binding of the acid-unfolded cyt c to L-PG micelles induces folding of the polypeptide, resulting in a similar helical state to that originated from the binding of native cyt c to L-PG micelles. Far-ultraviolet (UV) circular dichroism (CD) spectra showed that this common micelle-associated helical state (HL) has a native-like alpha-helix content, but is highly expanded without a tightly packed hydrophobic core, as revealed by tryptophan fluorescence, near-UV, and Soret CD spectroscopy. The kinetics of the interaction of native and acid-unfolded cyt c was investigated by stopped-flow tryptophan fluorescence. Formation of H(L) from the native state requires the disruption of the tightly packed hydrophobic core in the native protein. This micelle-induced unfolding of cyt c occurs at a rate approximately 0.1 s(-1), which is remarkably faster in the lipid environment compared with the expected rate of unfolding in solution. Refolding of acid-unfolded cyt c with L-PG micelles involves an early highly helical collapsed state formed during the burst phase (<3 ms), and the observed main kinetic event reports on the opening of this early compact intermediate prior to insertion into the lipid micelle.
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- N Sanghera
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Tomlinson EJ, Ferguson SJ. Conversion of a c type cytochrome to a b type that spontaneously forms in vitro from apo protein and heme: implications for c type cytochrome biogenesis and folding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:5156-60. [PMID: 10792037 PMCID: PMC25798 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.090089397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cytochrome c(552) from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus, a thermophilic bacterium, has been converted into a b type cytochrome, after mutagenesis of both heme-binding cysteines to alanine and expression in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli. The b type variant is less stable, with the guanidine hydrochloride unfolding midpoint occurring at a concentration 2 M lower than for the wild-type protein. The reduction potential is 75 mV lower than that of the recombinant wild-type protein. The heme can be removed from the b type variant, thus generating an apo protein that has, according to circular dichroism spectroscopy, an alpha-helical content different from that of the holo b type protein. The latter is readily reformed in vitro by addition of heme to the apo protein. This reforming suggests that previously observed assembly of cytochrome c(552), which has the typical class I cytochrome c fold, in the E. coli cytoplasm is a consequence of spontaneous thioether bond formation after binding of heme to a prefolded polypeptide. These observations have implications for the general problem of c type cytochrome biogenesis.
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- E J Tomlinson
- Department of Biochemistry and Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Raza AS, Dharmasiri K, Smith DL. Identification of non-covalent structure in apocytochrome c by hydrogen exchange and mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2000; 35:612-617. [PMID: 10800050 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(200005)35:5<612::aid-jms972>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Apocytochrome c, the in vivo precursor to active cytochrome c, was analyzed by amide hydrogen exchange and mass spectrometry to search for fixed, non-covalent structure. The protein was incubated in H(2)O at pH 3.3 or 6.7 for various times, then exposed to D(2)O to initiate isotope labeling of unfolded regions. Following acid quenching of hydrogen exchange, the labeled apocytochrome c was digested with pepsin into fragments that were analyzed by directly coupled high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The intermolecular distribution of deuterium and the deuterium levels in structurally distinctive populations were determined from the mass spectra of the peptic fragments. Spectra of peptic fragments derived from apocytochrome c incubated at pH 3.3 had single envelopes of isotope peaks with masses indicating that all of the amide hydrogens had been replaced with deuterium. These results showed that apocytochrome c at pH 3.3 offered little resistance to hydrogen exchange, indicating that it was unfolded with little fixed structure. However, mass spectra of peptic fragments including residues 81-94 of apocytochrome c incubated at pH 6.7 had two envelopes of isotope peaks, indicating that one population was unfolded and the other population was highly structured in this region. Mass spectra of peptic fragments including residues N-terminal to residue 81 indicated that this region of the protein remained unfolded with little fixed structure at pH 6.7.
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- A S Raza
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, USA
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Bryson EA, Rankin SE, Goormaghtigh E, Ruysschaert JM, Watts A, Pinheiro TJ. Structure and dynamics of lipid-associated states of apocytochrome c. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:1390-6. [PMID: 10691976 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01138.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Apocytochrome c (apocyt c), which in aqueous solution is largely unstructured, acquires an alpha-helical conformation upon association with lipid membranes. The extent of alpha-helix induced in apocyt c is lipid-dependent and this folding process is driven by both electrostatic and hydrophobic lipid-protein interactions. The structural and dynamic properties of apocyt c in lipid membranes were investigated by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy combined with amide H-D exchange kinetics. Apocyt c acquires a higher content of alpha-helical structure with negatively charged membranes than with zwitterionic ones. For all membranes studied here, the helices of these partially folded states of apocyt c have a preferential orientation perpendicular to the plane of the lipid membrane. The H-D exchange revealed that a small fraction of amide protons of apocyt c, possibly associated with a stable folded domain protected by the lipid, remained protected from exchange over 20 min. However, a large fraction of amide protons exchanged in less than 20 min, indicating that the helical states of apocyt c in lipid membranes are very dynamic.
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- E A Bryson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- M Bogdanov
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
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Cuccovia IM, Romsted LS, Chaimovich H. Determination of Halide Concentrations at the Interface of Zwitterionic Micelles by Chemical Trapping: Influence of the Orientation of the Dipole and the Nature of the Cation. J Colloid Interface Sci 1999; 220:96-102. [PMID: 10550245 DOI: 10.1006/jcis.1999.6511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The interfacial concentrations of Cl(-) and Br(-) in aqueous zwitterionic micelles were determined by chemical trapping by analyzing product yields from spontaneous dediazoniation of micelle-bound 2,6-dimethyl-4-hexadecylbenzenediazonium ion. Interfacial concentrations of Cl(-) and Br(-) in 3-(N-hexadecyl-N, N-dimethylammonio) propane sulfonate, HPS, micelles were higher than in bulk solutions prepared with Li(+), Na(+), Rb(+), Cs(+), tetramethylammonium (TMA(+)), Mg(+2), and Ca(+2) salts. In contrast, the interfacial concentrations of Cl(-) and Br(-) were generally lower than in bulk solution in hexadecylphosphoryl choline, HDPC, micelles for all salts except Mg(+2) and Ca(+2). In both HPS and HDPC micelles the interfacial concentration of Br(-) was higher than that of Cl(-), showing that binding is anion selective. The cation had a large effect on the interfacial concentration of halide ions with HDPC micelles decreasing in the order Ca(2+) > Mg(2+) >> Li(+) > Na(+) > K(+) > Cs(+) > Rb(+) >> TMA(+). These results are the first direct and extensive determination of local halide ion concentration at the surface of zwitterionic micelles, and they demonstrate that chemical trapping methodology will work in membranes at physiologically relevant salt concentrations. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
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- IM Cuccovia
- Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil
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Johnson JE, Cornell RB. Amphitropic proteins: regulation by reversible membrane interactions (review). Mol Membr Biol 1999; 16:217-35. [PMID: 10503244 DOI: 10.1080/096876899294544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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What do Src kinase, Ras-guanine nucleotide exchange factor, cytidylyltransferase, protein kinase C, phospholipase C, vinculin, and DnaA protein have in common? These proteins are amphitropic, that is, they bind weakly (reversibly) to membrane lipids, and this process regulates their function. Proteins functioning in transduction of signals generated in cell membranes are commonly regulated by amphitropism. In this review, the strategies utilized by amphitropic proteins to bind to membranes and to regulate their membrane affinity are described. The recently solved structures of binding pockets for specific lipids are described, as well as the amphipathic alpha-helix motif. Regulatory switches that control membrane affinity include modulation of the membrane lipid composition, and modification of the protein itself by ligand binding, phosphorylation, or acylation. How does membrane binding modulate the protein's function? Two mechanisms are discussed: (1) localization with the substrate, activator, or downstream target, and (2) activation of the protein by a conformational switch. This paper also addresses the issue of specificity in the cell membrane targetted for binding.
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- J E Johnson
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Rankin SE, Watts A, Roder H, Pinheiro TJ. Folding of apocytochrome c induced by the interaction with negatively charged lipid micelles proceeds via a collapsed intermediate state. Protein Sci 1999; 8:381-93. [PMID: 10048331 PMCID: PMC2144269 DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.2.381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Unfolded apocytochrome c acquires an alpha-helical conformation upon interaction with lipid. Folding kinetic results below and above the lipid's CMC, together with energy transfer measurements of lipid bound states, and salt-induced compact states in solution, show that the folding transition of apocytochrome c from the unfolded state in solution to a lipid-inserted helical conformation proceeds via a collapsed intermediate state (I(C)). This initial compact state is driven by a hydrophobic collapse of the polypeptide chain in the absence of the heme group and may represent a heme-free analogue of an early compact intermediate detected on the folding pathway of cytochrome c in solution. Insertion into the lipid phase occurs via an unfolding step of I(C) through a more extended state associated with the membrane surface (I(S)). While I(C) appears to be as compact as salt-induced compact states in solution with substantial alpha-helix content, the final lipid-inserted state (Hmic) is as compact as the unfolded state in solution at pH 5 and has an alpha-helix content which resembles that of native cytochrome c.
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- S E Rankin
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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