PMID:15362847
| Citation |
Ramakrishnan, M, Pocanschi, CL, Kleinschmidt, JH and Marsh, D (2004) Association of spin-labeled lipids with beta-barrel proteins from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 43:11630-6 |
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| Abstract |
The interaction of spin-labeled lipids with beta-barrel transmembrane proteins has been studied by the electron spin resonance (ESR) methods developed for alpha-helical integral proteins. The outer membrane protein OmpA and the ferrichrome-iron receptor FhuA from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli were reconstituted in bilayers of dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol. The ESR spectra from phosphatidylglycerol spin labeled on the 14-C atom of the sn-2 chain contain a second component from motionally restricted lipids contacting the intramembranous surface of the beta-barrel, in addition to that from the fluid bilayer lipids. The stoichiometry of motionally restricted lipids, 11 and 32 lipids/monomer for OmpA and FhuA, respectively, is constant irrespective of the total lipid/protein ratio. It is proportional to the number of transmembrane beta-strands, eight for OmpA and 22 for FhuA, and correlates reasonably well with the intramembranous perimeter of the protein. Spin-labeled lipids with different polar headgroups display a differential selectivity of interaction with the two proteins. The more pronounced pattern of lipid selectivity for FhuA than for OmpA correlates with the preponderance of positively charged residues facing the lipids in the extensions of the beta-sheet and shorter interconnecting loops on the extracellular side of FhuA. |
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PubMed Online version:10.1021/bi048858e |
| Keywords |
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; Escherichia coli/chemistry; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Lipid Bilayers/chemistry; Lipid Bilayers/metabolism; Lipid Metabolism; Lipids/chemistry; Models, Molecular; Molecular Sequence Data; Protein Structure, Secondary; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Receptors, Virus/chemistry; Receptors, Virus/metabolism; Spin Labels; Temperature |
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