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Shingarova LN, Petrovskaya LE, Kryukova EA, Gapizov SS, Boldyreva EF, Dolgikh DA, Kirpichnikov MP. Deletion Variants of Autotransporter from Psychrobacter cryohalolentis Increase Efficiency of 10FN3 Exposure on the Surface of Escherichia coli Cells. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2022; 87:932-939. [PMID: 36180989 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297922090061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The autotransporter AT877 from Psychrobacter cryohalolentis belongs to the family of outer membrane proteins containing N-terminal passenger and C-terminal translocator domains that form the basis for the design of display systems on the surface of bacterial cells. It was shown in our previous study that the passenger domain of AT877 can be replaced by the cold-active esterase EstPc or the tenth domain of fibronectin type III (10Fn3). In order to increase efficiency of the 10Fn3 surface display in Escherichia coli cells, four deletion variants of the Fn877 hybrid autotransporter were obtained. It was demonstrated that all variants are present in the membrane of bacterial cells and facilitate binding of the antibodies specific against 10Fn3 on the cell surface. The highest level of binding is provided by the variants Δ239 and Δ310, containing four and seven beta-strands out of twelve that comprise the structure of the translocator domain. Using electrophoresis under semi-native conditions, presence of heat modifiability in the full-size Fn877 and its deletion variants was demonstrated, which indicated preservation of beta structure in their molecules. The obtained results could be used to optimize the bacterial display systems of 10Fn3, as well as of other heterologous passenger domains.
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- Lyudmila N Shingarova
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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Lee J, Song WJ. Folding of Circularly Permuted and Split Outer Membrane Protein F via Electrostatic Interactions with Terminal Residues. Biochemistry 2021; 60:1787-1796. [PMID: 34060805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Membrane proteins are essential targets in drug design, biosensing, and catalysis. In this study, we explored the folding of engineered outer membrane protein F (OmpF), an abundant and functional β-barrel protein expressed in Gram-negative bacteria. We carried out circular permutation, splitting and self-complementation, and point mutation. The folding efficiency and kinetic analyses demonstrated that the N- and C-terminal residues of OmpF played critical roles in folding via electrostatic interactions with lipid headgroups. Our results indicate that native porins without charged terminal residues may be tightly downregulated to retain the integrity of the outer membrane, and this modification may facilitate the insertion and folding of modified membrane proteins under in vitro and in vivo conditions for various applications.
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- Jaewon Lee
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Schüßler A, Herwig S, Kleinschmidt JH. Kinetics of Insertion and Folding of Outer Membrane Proteins by Gel Electrophoresis. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2003:145-162. [PMID: 31218617 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9512-7_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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To examine the mechanisms of folding and insertion of TMPs into membranes, kinetic studies are instrumental, for example, for the analysis of folding steps and involved intermediates or for the determination of activation energies. For many β-barrel transmembrane proteins (β-TMPs) it has been shown that the folded, functional form can be separated from the unfolded form by a simple electrophoretic mobility assay. The only requirements for a separation by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) are that the folded form is sufficiently stable and that the samples are not heat-denatured before the electrophoresis is performed. Many folded β-TMPs resist the treatment with SDS at room temperature and are stable against forces during electrophoresis. On the other side, SDS also binds to unfolded forms of β-TMPs and prevents their folding into β-barrel structure. These observations have been used to develop a simple assay to monitor the kinetics of β-barrel tertiary structure formation in a membrane environment by electrophoresis. A folding reaction of a β-TMP is initiated by dilution of the denaturant in the presence of preformed lipid bilayers, proteoliposomes or membrane vesicles. At selected times, samples are taken from the reaction. In these samples, folding is stopped by addition of SDS. At the end of the entire folding reaction, all samples are analyzed by SDS-PAGE and the fractions of folded β-TMP that they contain are determined by densitometry.An advantage of this kinetic assay is that it not only allows a direct determination of fractions of folded and unfolded forms at a selected time during folding of the β-TMP into a membrane, but also facilitates the determination of the impact of folding factors (e.g., molecular chaperones) or folding machinery that most often have a different molecular mass and electrophoretic mobility. The assay has been very useful to examine how folding and insertion is affected by the structure of the phospholipids in the lipid bilayer and how folding machinery compensates for the presence of membrane lipids that retard folding and insertion of β-TMPs.
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- Andre Schüßler
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biology, FB10 and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biology, FB10 and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biology, FB10 and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany.
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Nedergaard Pedersen J, Skov Pedersen J, Otzen DE. Liprotides assist in folding of outer membrane proteins. Protein Sci 2017; 27:451-462. [PMID: 29094406 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Proteins and lipids can form complexes called liprotides, in which the partially denatured protein forms a shell encasing a lipid core. This effectively stabilizes a lipid micelle in an aqueous solvent and suggests that liprotides may provide a suitable vessel for membrane proteins. Accordingly we have investigated if liprotides consisting of α-lactalbumin and oleate could aid folding of four different outer membrane proteins (OMPs) tOmpA, PagP, BamA, and OmpF. tOmpA was able to fold in the presence of the liprotide, and folding did not occur if only oleate or α-lactalbumin were added. Although the liprotides did not fold the other three OMPs on its own, it was able to assist their folding in the presence of vesicles. Incubation with liprotides before folding into vesicles increased the folding yield of the outer membrane proteins to a level higher than using micelles of the non-ionic surfactant DDM. Even though the liprotide was stable at both high urea concentrations and high pH, it failed to efficiently fold OmpA at high pH. Instead, optimal folding was seen at pH 8-9, suggesting that important changes in the liprotide occurred when increasing the pH. We conclude that an otherwise folding-inactive fatty acid can be activated when presented by a liprotide and thereby work as an in vitro chaperone for outer membrane proteins.
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- Jannik Nedergaard Pedersen
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DK, 8000, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DK, 8000, Denmark
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Andersen KK, Vad B, Omer S, Otzen DE. Concatemers of Outer Membrane Protein A Take Detours in the Folding Landscape. Biochemistry 2016; 55:7123-7140. [PMID: 27973779 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) is the most abundant protein in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. The N-terminal domain forms an eight-stranded membrane-embedded β-barrel that is widely used as a model protein for in vitro folding into the membrane and into surfactant micelles. Under conditions that include a low surfactant concentration, OmpA can form stable higher-order structures by intermolecular association. Other β-barrel membrane proteins also associate to form noncovalently linked trimers in vivo. This inspired us to test how topological constraints imposed by intramolecular links between individual OmpA molecules affect this process. Here we report on the properties of concatemers consisting of two and three copies of the transmembrane part of OmpA. Both concatemers could be folded to a native state in surfactant micelles according to spectroscopy and electrophoretic band shifts. This native state had the same thermodynamic stability against chemical denaturation as the original OmpA. Above 1.5 M GdmCl, concatemerization increased both refolding and unfolding rates, which we attribute to entropic effects. However, below 1.5 M GdmCl, folding kinetics were 2-3 orders of magnitude slower and more complex, involving a greater degree of parallel folding steps and species that could be classified as off-pathway. Only OmpA2 could quantitatively be folded into vesicles (though to an extent lower than that of OmpA), while OmpA3 formed three species with different levels of folding. Thus, close spatial and sequential proximity of OmpA domains on the same polypeptide chain have a strong tendency to trap the protein in different misfolded states.
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- Kell K Andersen
- iNANO and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University , Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- iNANO and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University , Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- iNANO and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University , Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- iNANO and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University , Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Kleinschmidt JH. Folding of β-barrel membrane proteins in lipid bilayers - Unassisted and assisted folding and insertion. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:1927-43. [PMID: 25983306 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In cells, β-barrel membrane proteins are transported in unfolded form to an outer membrane into which they fold and insert. Model systems have been established to investigate the mechanisms of insertion and folding of these versatile proteins into detergent micelles, lipid bilayers and even synthetic amphipathic polymers. In these experiments, insertion into lipid membranes is initiated from unfolded forms that do not display residual β-sheet secondary structure. These studies therefore have allowed the investigation of membrane protein folding and insertion in great detail. Folding of β-barrel membrane proteins into lipid bilayers has been monitored from unfolded forms by dilution of chaotropic denaturants that keep the protein unfolded as well as from unfolded forms present in complexes with molecular chaperones from cells. This review is aimed to provide an overview of the principles and mechanisms observed for the folding of β-barrel transmembrane proteins into lipid bilayers, the importance of lipid-protein interactions and the function of molecular chaperones and folding assistants. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Lipid-protein interactions.
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- Jörg H Kleinschmidt
- Abteilung Biophysik, Institut für Biologie, FB 10, Universität Kassel and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, D-34132 Kassel, Germany.
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Folding and stability of integral membrane proteins in amphipols. Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 564:327-43. [PMID: 25449655 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 10/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Amphipols (APols) are a family of amphipathic polymers designed to keep transmembrane proteins (TMPs) soluble in aqueous solutions in the absence of detergent. APols have proven remarkably efficient at (i) stabilizing TMPs, as compared to detergent solutions, and (ii) folding them from a denatured state to a native, functional one. The underlying physical-chemical mechanisms are discussed.
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Døvling Kaspersen J, Moestrup Jessen C, Stougaard Vad B, Skipper Sørensen E, Kleiner Andersen K, Glasius M, Pinto Oliveira CL, Otzen DE, Pedersen JS. Low-Resolution Structures of OmpA⋅DDM Protein-Detergent Complexes. Chembiochem 2014; 15:2113-24. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Andersen KK, Otzen DE. Folding of outer membrane protein A in the anionic biosurfactant rhamnolipid. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:1955-60. [PMID: 24735722 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Folding and stability of bacterial outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are typically studied in vitro using model systems such as phospholipid vesicles or surfactant. OMP folding requires surfactant concentrations above the critical micelle concentration (cmc) and usually only occurs in neutral or zwitterionic surfactants, but not in anionic or cationic surfactants. Various Gram-negative bacteria produce the anionic biosurfactant rhamnolipid. Here we show that the OMP OmpA can be folded in rhamnolipid at concentrations above the cmc, though the thermal stability is reduced compared to the non-ionic surfactant dodecyl maltoside. We discuss implications for possible interactions between OMPs and biosurfactants in vivo.
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- Kell K Andersen
- iNANO, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK - 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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- iNANO, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK - 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Roman EA, González Flecha FL. Kinetics and thermodynamics of membrane protein folding. Biomolecules 2014; 4:354-73. [PMID: 24970219 PMCID: PMC4030980 DOI: 10.3390/biom4010354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/23/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Understanding protein folding has been one of the great challenges in biochemistry and molecular biophysics. Over the past 50 years, many thermodynamic and kinetic studies have been performed addressing the stability of globular proteins. In comparison, advances in the membrane protein folding field lag far behind. Although membrane proteins constitute about a third of the proteins encoded in known genomes, stability studies on membrane proteins have been impaired due to experimental limitations. Furthermore, no systematic experimental strategies are available for folding these biomolecules in vitro. Common denaturing agents such as chaotropes usually do not work on helical membrane proteins, and ionic detergents have been successful denaturants only in few cases. Refolding a membrane protein seems to be a craftsman work, which is relatively straightforward for transmembrane β-barrel proteins but challenging for α-helical membrane proteins. Additional complexities emerge in multidomain membrane proteins, data interpretation being one of the most critical. In this review, we will describe some recent efforts in understanding the folding mechanism of membrane proteins that have been reversibly refolded allowing both thermodynamic and kinetic analysis. This information will be discussed in the context of current paradigms in the protein folding field.
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- Ernesto A Roman
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires 1113, Argentina.
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Cotranslational folding of membrane proteins probed by arrest-peptide-mediated force measurements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:14640-5. [PMID: 23959879 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1306787110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Polytopic membrane proteins are inserted cotranslationally into target membranes by ribosome-translocon complexes. It is, however, unclear when during the insertion process specific interactions between the transmembrane helices start to form. Here, we use a recently developed in vivo technique to measure pulling forces acting on transmembrane helices during their cotranslational insertion into the inner membrane of Escherichia coli to study the earliest steps of tertiary folding of five polytopic membrane proteins. We find that interactions between residues in a C-terminally located transmembrane helix and in more N-terminally located helices can be detected already at the point when the C-terminal helix partitions from the translocon into the membrane. Our findings pinpoint the earliest steps of tertiary structure formation and open up possibilities to study the cotranslational folding of polytopic membrane proteins.
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Folding of outer membrane proteins. Arch Biochem Biophys 2013; 531:34-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Revised: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Andersen KK, Wang H, Otzen DE. A Kinetic Analysis of the Folding and Unfolding of OmpA in Urea and Guanidinium Chloride: Single and Parallel Pathways. Biochemistry 2012; 51:8371-83. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300974y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Kell K. Andersen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Centre
for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Department of Molecular
Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Centre
for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Department of Molecular
Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), Centre
for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Department of Molecular
Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Wang H, Andersen KK, Vad BS, Otzen DE. OmpA can form folded and unfolded oligomers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2012; 1834:127-36. [PMID: 22982243 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The monomeric outer membrane protein OmpA from Escherichia coli has long served as a model protein for studying the folding and membrane insertion of β-barrel membrane proteins. Here we report that when OmpA is refolded in limiting amounts of surfactant (close to the cmc), it has a high propensity to form folded and unfolded oligomers. The oligomers exist both in a folded and (partially) unfolded form which both dissociate under denaturing conditions. Oligomerization does not require the involvement of the periplasmic domain and is not strongly affected by ionic strength. The folded dimers can be isolated and show native-like secondary structure; they are resistant to proteolytic attack and do not dissociate in high surfactant concentrations, indicating high kinetic stability once formed. Remarkably, OmpA also forms significant amounts of higher order structures when refolding in the presence of lipid vesicles. We suggest that oligomerization occurs by domain swapping favored by the high local concentration of OmpA molecules congregating on the same micelle or vesicle. In this model, the unfolded oligomer is stabilized by a small number of intermolecular β-strand contacts and subsequently folds to a more stable state where these intermolecular contacts are consolidated in a native-like fashion by contacts between complementary β-strands from different molecules. Our model is supported by the ability of complementary fragments to associate with each other in vitro. Oligomerization is probably avoided in the cell by the presence of cellular chaperones which maintain the protein in a monomeric state.
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- H Wang
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Bosshart PD, Iordanov I, Garzon-Coral C, Demange P, Engel A, Milon A, Müller DJ. The transmembrane protein KpOmpA anchoring the outer membrane of Klebsiella pneumoniae unfolds and refolds in response to tensile load. Structure 2012; 20:121-7. [PMID: 22244761 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2011.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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In Klebsiella pneumoniae the transmembrane β-barrel forming outer membrane protein KpOmpA mediates adhesion to a wide range of immune effector cells, thereby promoting respiratory tract and urinary infections. As major transmembrane protein OmpA stabilizes Gram-negative bacteria by anchoring their outer membrane to the peptidoglycan layer. Adhesion, osmotic pressure, hydrodynamic flow, and structural deformation apply mechanical stress to the bacterium. This stress can generate tensile load to the peptidoglycan-binding domain (PGBD) of KpOmpA. To investigate how KpOmpA reacts to mechanical stress, we applied a tensile load to the PGBD and observed a detailed unfolding pathway of the transmembrane β-barrel. Each step of the unfolding pathway extended the polypeptide connecting the bacterial outer membrane to the peptidoglycan layer and absorbed mechanical energy. After relieving the tensile load, KpOmpA reversibly refolded back into the membrane. These results suggest that bacteria may reversibly unfold transmembrane proteins in response to mechanical stress.
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- Patrick D Bosshart
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Otzen D. Protein–surfactant interactions: A tale of many states. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1814:562-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 362] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kleinschmidt JH, Bulieris PV, Qu J, Dogterom M, den Blaauwen T. Association of Neighboring β-Strands of Outer Membrane Protein A in Lipid Bilayers Revealed by Site-Directed Fluorescence Quenching. J Mol Biol 2011; 407:316-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Debnath DK, Otzen DE. Cell-free synthesis and folding of transmembrane OmpA reveals higher order structures and premature truncations. Biophys Chem 2010; 152:80-8. [PMID: 20813447 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Revised: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 08/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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We use a cell-free transcription-translation system to monitor the effect of different lipids on the synthesis and folding of the transmembrane domain of the outer membrane protein OmpA from E. coli under physiological conditions. Folding is consistent with previous observations made in vitro at high pH. Synthesis and folding yields are optimal in phosphocholine lipids, particularly in short chain lipids and small vesicles, while lipid rafts do not promote folding compared to the folding in the absence of lipids. Truncated species are observed during translation in the presence of the periplasmic chaperone Skp, which likely binds to the newly synthesized polypeptide chain during cell-free translation and thus prematurely terminate polypeptide chain synthesis. In contrast, folded and unfolded dimers of OmpA correlate negatively with folding yields. This suggests that dimer formation competes with folding and insertion of monomeric OmpA, though folded dimers slowly appear to convert to folded monomers.
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- Dilip K Debnath
- Center for insoluble protein structures (inSPIN), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark
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