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Wang B, Tieleman DP. The structure, self-assembly and dynamics of lipid nanodiscs revealed by computational approaches. Biophys Chem 2024; 309:107231. [PMID: 38569455 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2024.107231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
Abstract
Nanodisc technology is increasingly being used in structural, biochemical and biophysical studies of membrane proteins. The computational approaches have revealed many important features of nanodisc assembly, structures and dynamics. Therefore, we reviewed the application of computational approaches, especially molecular modeling and molecular dyncamics (MD) simulations, to characterize nanodiscs, including the structural models, assembly and disassembly, protocols for modeling, structural properties and dynamics, and protein-lipid interactions in nanodiscs. More amazing computational studies about nanodiscs are looked forward to in the future.
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- Beibei Wang
- Centre for Advanced Materials Research, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Josts I, Kehlenbeck DM, Nitsche J, Tidow H. Studying integral membrane protein by SANS using stealth reconstitution systems. Methods Enzymol 2022; 677:417-432. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Membrane proteins (MPs) play essential roles in numerous cellular processes. Because around 70% of the currently marketed drugs target MPs, a detailed understanding of their structure, binding properties, and functional dynamics in a physiologically relevant environment is crucial for a more detailed understanding of this important protein class. We here summarize the benefits of using lipid nanodiscs for NMR structural investigations and provide a detailed overview of the currently used lipid nanodisc systems as well as their applications in solution-state NMR. Despite the increasing use of other structural methods for the structure determination of MPs in lipid nanodiscs, solution NMR turns out to be a versatile tool to probe a wide range of MP features, ranging from the structure determination of small to medium-sized MPs to probing ligand and partner protein binding as well as functionally relevant dynamical signatures in a lipid nanodisc setting. We will expand on these topics by discussing recent NMR studies with lipid nanodiscs and work out a key workflow for optimizing the nanodisc incorporation of an MP for subsequent NMR investigations. With this, we hope to provide a comprehensive background to enable an informed assessment of the applicability of lipid nanodiscs for NMR studies of a particular MP of interest.
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- Umut Günsel
- Bavarian NMR Center (BNMRZ) at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Bavarian NMR Center (BNMRZ) at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Bartoschik T, Gupta A, Kern B, Hitchcock A, Adams NBP, Tschammer N. Quantifying the Interaction of Phosphite with ABC Transporters: MicroScale Thermophoresis and a Novel His-Tag Labeling Approach. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2168:51-62. [PMID: 33582986 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0724-4_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The combination of MicroScale Thermophoresis (MST) and near-native site-specific His-tag labeling enables simple, robust, and reliable determination of the binding affinity between proteins and ligands. To demonstrate its applicability for periplasmic proteins, we provide a detailed protocol for determination of the binding affinity of phosphite to three ABC transporter periplasmic-binding proteins from environmental microorganisms. ABC transporters are central to many important biomedical phenomena, including resistance of cancers and pathogenic microbes to drugs. The protocol described here can be used to quantify protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions for other soluble, membrane-associated and integral membrane proteins.
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- NanoTemper Technologies GmbH, Munich, Germany
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- NanoTemper Technologies GmbH, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- CRELUX GmbH, a WuXi AppTec company, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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Klöpfer K, Hagn F. Beyond detergent micelles: The advantages and applications of non-micellar and lipid-based membrane mimetics for solution-state NMR. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 114-115:271-283. [PMID: 31779883 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2019.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Membrane proteins are important players in signal transduction and the exchange of metabolites within or between cells. Thus, this protein class is the target of around 60 % of currently marketed drugs, emphasizing their essential biological role. Besides functional assays, structural and dynamical investigations on this protein class are crucial to fully understanding their functionality. Even though X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy are the main methods to determine structures of membrane proteins and their complexes, NMR spectroscopy can contribute essential information on systems that (a) do not crystallize and (b) are too small for EM. Furthermore, NMR is a versatile tool for monitoring functional dynamics of biomolecules at various time scales. A crucial aspect of such studies is the use of a membrane mimetic that resembles a native environment and thus enables the extraction of functional insights. In recent decades, the membrane protein NMR community has moved from rather harsh detergents to membrane systems having more native-like properties. In particular, most recently phospholipid nanodiscs have been developed and optimized mainly for solution-state NMR but are now also being used for solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Nanodiscs consist of a patch of a planar lipid bilayer that is encircled by different (bio-)polymers to form particles of defined and tunable size. In this review, we provide an overview of available membrane mimetics, including nanodiscs, amphipols and bicelles, that are suitable for high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and describe how these advanced membrane mimetics can facilitate NMR studies on the structure and dynamics of membrane proteins. Since the stability of membrane proteins depends critically on the chosen membrane mimetic, we emphasize the importance of a suitable system that is not necessarily developed for solution-state NMR applications and hence requires optimization for each membrane protein. However, lipid-based membrane mimetics offer the possibility of performing NMR experiments at elevated temperatures and studying ligand and partner protein complexes as well as their functional dynamics in a realistic membrane environment. In order to be able to make an informed decision during the selection of a suitable membrane system, we provide a detailed overview of the available options for various membrane protein classes and thereby facilitate this often-difficult selection process for a broad range of desired NMR applications.
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- Kai Klöpfer
- Bavarian NMR Center at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Str. 2, 85747 Garching, Germany; Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Bavarian NMR Center at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Str. 2, 85747 Garching, Germany; Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Frick M, Schmidt C. Mass spectrometry—A versatile tool for characterising the lipid environment of membrane protein assemblies. Chem Phys Lipids 2019; 221:145-157. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Corradi V, Sejdiu BI, Mesa-Galloso H, Abdizadeh H, Noskov SY, Marrink SJ, Tieleman DP. Emerging Diversity in Lipid-Protein Interactions. Chem Rev 2019; 119:5775-5848. [PMID: 30758191 PMCID: PMC6509647 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Membrane lipids interact with proteins in a variety of ways, ranging from providing a stable membrane environment for proteins to being embedded in to detailed roles in complicated and well-regulated protein functions. Experimental and computational advances are converging in a rapidly expanding research area of lipid-protein interactions. Experimentally, the database of high-resolution membrane protein structures is growing, as are capabilities to identify the complex lipid composition of different membranes, to probe the challenging time and length scales of lipid-protein interactions, and to link lipid-protein interactions to protein function in a variety of proteins. Computationally, more accurate membrane models and more powerful computers now enable a detailed look at lipid-protein interactions and increasing overlap with experimental observations for validation and joint interpretation of simulation and experiment. Here we review papers that use computational approaches to study detailed lipid-protein interactions, together with brief experimental and physiological contexts, aiming at comprehensive coverage of simulation papers in the last five years. Overall, a complex picture of lipid-protein interactions emerges, through a range of mechanisms including modulation of the physical properties of the lipid environment, detailed chemical interactions between lipids and proteins, and key functional roles of very specific lipids binding to well-defined binding sites on proteins. Computationally, despite important limitations, molecular dynamics simulations with current computer power and theoretical models are now in an excellent position to answer detailed questions about lipid-protein interactions.
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- Valentina Corradi
- Centre
for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Centre
for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Centre
for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Groningen
Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute
for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre
for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Groningen
Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and Zernike Institute
for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre
for Molecular Simulation and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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Enkavi G, Javanainen M, Kulig W, Róg T, Vattulainen I. Multiscale Simulations of Biological Membranes: The Challenge To Understand Biological Phenomena in a Living Substance. Chem Rev 2019; 119:5607-5774. [PMID: 30859819 PMCID: PMC6727218 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by nonequilibrium conditions. Because of all of these features, simulations are a great technique to study biomembrane behavior. A significant part of the functional processes in biological membranes takes place at the molecular level; thus computer simulations are the method of choice to explore how their properties emerge from specific molecular features and how the interplay among the numerous molecules gives rise to function over spatial and time scales larger than the molecular ones. In this review, we focus on this broad theme. We discuss the current state-of-the-art of biomembrane simulations that, until now, have largely focused on a rather narrow picture of the complexity of the membranes. Given this, we also discuss the challenges that we should unravel in the foreseeable future. Numerous features such as the actin-cytoskeleton network, the glycocalyx network, and nonequilibrium transport under ATP-driven conditions have so far received very little attention; however, the potential of simulations to solve them would be exceptionally high. A major milestone for this research would be that one day we could say that computer simulations genuinely research biological membranes, not just lipid bilayers.
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- Giray Enkavi
- Department
of Physics, University of
Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Physics, University of
Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy
of Sciences, Flemingovo naḿesti 542/2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
- Computational
Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, P.O. Box 692, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
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- Department
of Physics, University of
Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Physics, University of
Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Computational
Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, P.O. Box 692, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
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- Department
of Physics, University of
Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Computational
Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, P.O. Box 692, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
- MEMPHYS-Center
for Biomembrane Physics
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Muller MP, Jiang T, Sun C, Lihan M, Pant S, Mahinthichaichan P, Trifan A, Tajkhorshid E. Characterization of Lipid-Protein Interactions and Lipid-Mediated Modulation of Membrane Protein Function through Molecular Simulation. Chem Rev 2019; 119:6086-6161. [PMID: 30978005 PMCID: PMC6506392 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The cellular membrane constitutes one of the most fundamental compartments of a living cell, where key processes such as selective transport of material and exchange of information between the cell and its environment are mediated by proteins that are closely associated with the membrane. The heterogeneity of lipid composition of biological membranes and the effect of lipid molecules on the structure, dynamics, and function of membrane proteins are now widely recognized. Characterization of these functionally important lipid-protein interactions with experimental techniques is however still prohibitively challenging. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations offer a powerful complementary approach with sufficient temporal and spatial resolutions to gain atomic-level structural information and energetics on lipid-protein interactions. In this review, we aim to provide a broad survey of MD simulations focusing on exploring lipid-protein interactions and characterizing lipid-modulated protein structure and dynamics that have been successful in providing novel insight into the mechanism of membrane protein function.
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- Melanie P. Muller
- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
- College of Medicine
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
- College of Medicine
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Assembly of phospholipid nanodiscs of controlled size for structural studies of membrane proteins by NMR. Nat Protoc 2017; 13:79-98. [PMID: 29215632 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2017.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Suitable membrane mimetics are crucial to the performance of structural and functional studies of membrane proteins. Phospholipid nanodiscs (formed when a membrane scaffold protein encircles a small portion of a lipid bilayer) have native-like membrane properties. These have been used for a variety of functional studies, but structural studies by high-resolution solution-state NMR spectroscopy of membrane proteins in commonly used nanodiscs of 10-nm diameter were limited by the high molecular weight of these particles, which caused unfavorably large NMR line widths. We have recently constructed truncated versions of the membrane scaffold protein, allowing the preparation of a range of stepwise-smaller nanodiscs (6- to 8-nm diameter) to overcome this limitation. Here, we present a protocol on the assembly of phospholipid nanodiscs of various sizes for structural studies of membrane proteins with solution-state NMR spectroscopy. We describe specific isotope-labeling schemes required for working with large membrane protein systems in nanodiscs, and provide guidelines on the setup of NMR non-uniform sampling (NUS) data acquisition and high-resolution NMR spectra reconstruction. We discuss critical points and pitfalls relating to optimization of nanodiscs for NMR spectroscopy and outline a strategy for the high-resolution structure determination and positioning of isotope-labeled membrane proteins in nanodiscs using nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY) spectroscopy, residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) and paramagnetic relaxation enhancements (PREs). Depending on the target protein of interest, nanodisc assembly and purification can be achieved within 12-24 h. Although the focus of this protocol is on protein NMR, these nanodiscs can also be used for (cryo-) electron microscopy (EM) and small-angle X-ray and neutron-scattering studies.
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Faas R, Pohle A, Moß K, Henkel M, Hausmann R. Self-assembly of nanoscale particles with biosurfactants and membrane scaffold proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 16:1-4. [PMID: 28948158 PMCID: PMC5602816 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Nanodiscs are membrane mimetics which may be used as tools for biochemical and biophysical studies of a variety of membrane proteins. These nanoscale structures are composed of a phospholipid bilayer held together by an amphipathic membrane scaffold protein (MSP). In the past, nanodiscs were successfully assembled with membrane scaffold protein 1D1 and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine with a homogeneous diameter of ∼10 nm. In this study, the formation of nanoscale particles from MSP1D1 and rhamnolipid biosurfactants is investigated. Different protein to lipid ratios of 1:80, 1:90 and 1:100 were used for the assembly reaction, which were consecutively separated, purified and analyzed by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Size distributions were measured to determine homogeneity and confirm size dimensions. In this study, first evidence is presented on the formation of nanoscale particles with rhamnolipid biosurfactants and membrane scaffold proteins.
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- Ramona Faas
- Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (150), Department of Bioprocess Engineering (150k), University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstraße 12, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (150), Department of Bioprocess Engineering (150k), University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstraße 12, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (150), Department of Bioprocess Engineering (150k), University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstraße 12, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (150), Department of Bioprocess Engineering (150k), University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstraße 12, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (150), Department of Bioprocess Engineering (150k), University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstraße 12, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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Membrane proteins play a most important part in metabolism, signaling, cell motility, transport, development, and many other biochemical and biophysical processes which constitute fundamentals of life on the molecular level. Detailed understanding of these processes is necessary for the progress of life sciences and biomedical applications. Nanodiscs provide a new and powerful tool for a broad spectrum of biochemical and biophysical studies of membrane proteins and are commonly acknowledged as an optimal membrane mimetic system that provides control over size, composition, and specific functional modifications on the nanometer scale. In this review we attempted to combine a comprehensive list of various applications of nanodisc technology with systematic analysis of the most attractive features of this system and advantages provided by nanodiscs for structural and mechanistic studies of membrane proteins.
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- Ilia G Denisov
- Department of Biochemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois , Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Efremov RG, Gatsogiannis C, Raunser S. Lipid Nanodiscs as a Tool for High-Resolution Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins by Single-Particle Cryo-EM. Methods Enzymol 2017; 594:1-30. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2017.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chin S, Yang D, Miles AJ, Eckford PDW, Molinski S, Wallace BA, Bear CE. Attenuation of Phosphorylation-dependent Activation of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) by Disease-causing Mutations at the Transmission Interface. J Biol Chem 2016; 292:1988-1999. [PMID: 28003367 PMCID: PMC5290968 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.762633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a multidomain membrane protein that functions as a phosphorylation-regulated anion channel. The interface between its two cytosolic nucleotide binding domains and coupling helices conferred by intracellular loops extending from the channel pore domains has been referred to as a transmission interface and is thought to be critical for the regulated channel activity of CFTR. Phosphorylation of the regulatory domain of CFTR by protein kinase A (PKA) is required for its channel activity. However, it was unclear if phosphorylation modifies the transmission interface. Here, we studied purified full-length CFTR protein using spectroscopic techniques to determine the consequences of PKA-mediated phosphorylation. Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopy confirmed that purified full-length wild-type CFTR is folded and structurally responsive to phosphorylation. Intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence studies of CFTR showed that phosphorylation reduced iodide-mediated quenching, consistent with an effect of phosphorylation in burying tryptophans at the transmission interface. Importantly, the rate of phosphorylation-dependent channel activation was compromised by the introduction of disease-causing mutations in either of the two coupling helices predicted to interact with nucleotide binding domain 1 at the interface. Together, these results suggest that phosphorylation modifies the interface between the catalytic and pore domains of CFTR and that this modification facilitates CFTR channel activation.
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- Stephanie Chin
- From the Programme of Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 0A4, Canada; the Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- From the Programme of Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 0A4, Canada
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- the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
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- From the Programme of Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 0A4, Canada
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- From the Programme of Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 0A4, Canada; the Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
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- From the Programme of Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 0A4, Canada; the Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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The power, pitfalls and potential of the nanodisc system for NMR-based studies. Biol Chem 2016; 397:1335-1354. [DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2016-0224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The choice of a suitable membrane mimicking environment is of fundamental importance for the characterization of structure and function of membrane proteins. In this respect, usage of the lipid bilayer nanodisc technology provides a unique potential for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based studies. This review summarizes the recent advances in this field, focusing on (i) the strengths of the system, (ii) the bottlenecks that may be faced, and (iii) promising capabilities that may be explored in future studies.
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A dual inhibition mechanism of herpesviral ICP47 arresting a conformationally thermostable TAP complex. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36907. [PMID: 27845362 PMCID: PMC5109273 DOI: 10.1038/srep36907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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As a centerpiece of antigen processing, the ATP-binding cassette transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) became a main target for viral immune evasion. The herpesviral ICP47 inhibits TAP function, thereby suppressing an adaptive immune response. Here, we report on a thermostable ICP47-TAP complex, generated by fusion of different ICP47 fragments. These fusion complexes allowed us to determine the direction and positioning in the central cavity of TAP. ICP47-TAP fusion complexes are arrested in a stable conformation, as demonstrated by MHC I surface expression, melting temperature, and the mutual exclusion of herpesviral TAP inhibitors. We unveiled a conserved region next to the active domain of ICP47 as essential for the complete stabilization of the TAP complex. Binding of the active domain of ICP47 arrests TAP in an open inward facing conformation rendering the complex inaccessible for other viral factors. Based on our findings, we propose a dual interaction mechanism for ICP47. A per se destabilizing active domain inhibits the function of TAP, whereas a conserved C-terminal region additionally stabilizes the transporter. These new insights into the ICP47 inhibition mechanism can be applied for future structural analyses of the TAP complex.
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Duneau JP, Khao J, Sturgis JN. Lipid perturbation by membrane proteins and the lipophobic effect. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1859:126-134. [PMID: 27794424 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Understanding how membrane proteins interact with their environment is fundamental to the understanding of their structure, function and interactions. We have performed coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations on a series of membrane proteins in a membrane environment to examine the perturbations of the lipids by the presence of protein. We analyze these perturbations in terms of elastic membrane deformations and local lipid protein interactions. However these two factors are insufficient to describe the variety of effects that we observe and the changes caused by membranes proteins to the structure and dynamics of their lipid environment. Other factors that change the conformation available to lipid molecules are evident and are able to modify lipid structure far from the protein surface, and thus mediate long-range interactions between membrane proteins. We suggest that these multiple modifications to lipid behavior are responsible, at the molecular level, for the lipophobic effect we have proposed to account for our observations of membrane protein organization.
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- Jean-Pierre Duneau
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, UMR 7255, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille 13402 cedex 20, France.
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, UMR 7255, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille 13402 cedex 20, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, UMR 7255, CNRS and Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille 13402 cedex 20, France.
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Lehnert E, Mao J, Mehdipour AR, Hummer G, Abele R, Glaubitz C, Tampé R. Antigenic Peptide Recognition on the Human ABC Transporter TAP Resolved by DNP-Enhanced Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:13967-13974. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Department
of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str.
3, 60438 Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
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- Department
of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str.
3, 60438 Frankfurt
am Main, Germany
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Neumann J, Rose-Sperling D, Hellmich UA. Diverse relations between ABC transporters and lipids: An overview. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1859:605-618. [PMID: 27693344 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 09/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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It was first discovered in 1992 that P-glycoprotein (Pgp, ABCB1), an ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter, can transport phospholipids such as phosphatidylcholine, -ethanolamine and -serine as well as glucosylceramide and glycosphingolipids. Subsequently, many other ABC transporters were identified to act as lipid transporters. For substrate transport by ABC transporters, typically a classic, alternating access model with an ATP-dependent conformational switch between a high and a low affinity substrate binding site is evoked. Transport of small hydrophilic substrates can easily be imagined this way, as the molecule can in principle enter and exit the transporter in the same orientation. Lipids on the other hand need to undergo a 180° degree turn as they translocate from one membrane leaflet to the other. Lipids and lipidated molecules are highly diverse, so there may be various ways how to achieve their flipping and flopping. Nonetheless, an increase in biophysical, biochemical and structural data is beginning to shed some light on specific aspects of lipid transport by ABC transporters. In addition, there is now abundant evidence that lipids affect ABC transporter conformation, dynamics as well as transport and ATPase activity in general. In this review, we will discuss different ways in which lipids and ABC transporters interact and how lipid translocation may be achieved with a focus on the techniques used to investigate these processes. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Lipid order/lipid defects and lipid-control of protein activity edited by Dirk Schneider.
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- Jennifer Neumann
- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 30, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 30, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 30, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Lee SC, Khalid S, Pollock NL, Knowles TJ, Edler K, Rothnie AJ, R T Thomas O, Dafforn TR. Encapsulated membrane proteins: A simplified system for molecular simulation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1858:2549-2557. [PMID: 26946242 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Over the past 50years there has been considerable progress in our understanding of biomolecular interactions at an atomic level. This in turn has allowed molecular simulation methods employing full atomistic modelling at ever larger scales to develop. However, some challenging areas still remain where there is either a lack of atomic resolution structures or where the simulation system is inherently complex. An area where both challenges are present is that of membranes containing membrane proteins. In this review we analyse a new practical approach to membrane protein study that offers a potential new route to high resolution structures and the possibility to simplify simulations. These new approaches collectively recognise that preservation of the interaction between the membrane protein and the lipid bilayer is often essential to maintain structure and function. The new methods preserve these interactions by producing nano-scale disc shaped particles that include bilayer and the chosen protein. Currently two approaches lead in this area: the MSP system that relies on peptides to stabilise the discs, and SMALPs where an amphipathic styrene maleic acid copolymer is used. Both methods greatly enable protein production and hence have the potential to accelerate atomic resolution structure determination as well as providing a simplified format for simulations of membrane protein dynamics. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Biosimulations edited by Ilpo Vattulainen and Tomasz Róg.
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- Sarah C Lee
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Vestergaard M, Kraft JF, Vosegaard T, Thøgersen L, Schiøtt B. Bicelles and Other Membrane Mimics: Comparison of Structure, Properties, and Dynamics from MD Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:15831-43. [PMID: 26610232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b08463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The increased interest in studying membrane proteins has led to the development of new membrane mimics such as bicelles and nanodiscs. However, only limited knowledge is available of how these membrane mimics are affected by embedded proteins and how well they mimic a lipid bilayer. Herein, we present molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate structural and dynamic properties of small bicelles and compare them to a large alignable bicelle, a small nanodisc, and a lipid bilayer. Properties such as lipid packing and properties related to embedding both an α-helical peptide and a transmembrane protein are investigated. The small bicelles are found to be very dynamic and mainly assume a prolate shape substantiating that small bicelles cannot be regarded as well-defined disclike structures. However, addition of a peptide results in an increased tendency to form disc-shaped bicelles. The small bicelles and the nanodiscs show increased peptide solvation and difference in peptide orientation compared to embedding in a bilayer. The large bicelle imitated a bilayer well with respect to both curvature and peptide solvation, although peripheral binding of short tailed lipids to the embedded proteins is observed, which could hinder ligand binding or multimer formation.
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- Mikkel Vestergaard
- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Danish Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy and Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University , Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease (PUMPKIN), Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University , C.F. Møllers Alle 8, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Debnath A, Schäfer LV. Structure and Dynamics of Phospholipid Nanodiscs from All-Atom and Coarse-Grained Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:6991-7002. [PMID: 25978497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b02101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We investigated structural and dynamical properties of nanodiscs comprising dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) lipids and major scaffold protein MSP1Δ(1-22) from human apolipoprotein A-1 using combined all-atom and coarse-grained (CG) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The computational efficiency of the Martini-CG force field enables the spontaneous self-assembly of lipids and scaffold proteins into stable nanodisc structures on time scales up to tens of microseconds. Subsequent all-atom and CG-MD simulations reveal that the lipids in the nanodisc have lower configurational entropy and higher acyl tail order than in a lamellar bilayer phase. These altered average properties arise from rather differential behavior of lipids, depending on their location in the nanodisc. Since the scaffold proteins exert constrictive forces from the outer rim of the disc toward its center, lipids at the center of the nanodisc are highly ordered, whereas annular lipids that are in contact with the MSP proteins are remarkably disordered due to perturbed packing. Although specific differences between all-atom and CG simulations are also evident, the results obtained at both levels of resolution are in overall good agreement with each other and provide atomic level interpretations of recent experiments. Thus, the present study highlights the applicability of multiscale simulation approaches for nanodisc systems and opens the way for future applications, including the study of nanodisc-embedded membrane proteins.
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- Ananya Debnath
- †Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur 342 011, India
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- ‡Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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A subset of annular lipids is linked to the flippase activity of an ABC transporter. Nat Chem 2015; 7:255-62. [DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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