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Park SH, Marassi FM, Black D, Opella SJ. Structure and dynamics of the membrane-bound form of Pf1 coat protein: implications of structural rearrangement for virus assembly. Biophys J 2010; 99:1465-74. [PMID: 20816058 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2010] [Revised: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 06/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The three-dimensional structure of the membrane-bound form of the major coat protein of Pf1 bacteriophage was determined in phospholipid bilayers using orientation restraints derived from both solid-state and solution NMR experiments. In contrast to previous structures determined solely in detergent micelles, the structure in bilayers contains information about the spatial arrangement of the protein within the membrane, and thus provides insights to the bacteriophage assembly process from membrane-inserted to bacteriophage-associated protein. Comparisons between the membrane-bound form of the coat protein and the previously determined structural form found in filamentous bacteriophage particles demonstrate that it undergoes a significant structural rearrangement during the membrane-mediated virus assembly process. The rotation of the transmembrane helix (Q16-A46) around its long axis changes dramatically (by 160 degrees) to obtain the proper alignment for packing in the virus particles. Furthermore, the N-terminal amphipathic helix (V2-G17) tilts away from the membrane surface and becomes parallel with the transmembrane helix to form one nearly continuous long helix. The spectra obtained in glass-aligned planar lipid bilayers, magnetically aligned lipid bilayers (bicelles), and isotropic lipid bicelles reflect the effects of backbone motions and enable the backbone dynamics of the N-terminal helix to be characterized. Only resonances from the mobile N-terminal helix and the C-terminus (A46) are observed in the solution NMR spectra of the protein in isotropic q > 1 bicelles, whereas only resonances from the immobile transmembrane helix are observed in the solid-state (1)H/(15)N-separated local field spectra in magnetically aligned bicelles. The N-terminal helix and the hinge that connects it to the transmembrane helix are significantly more dynamic than the rest of the protein, thus facilitating structural rearrangement during bacteriophage assembly.
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- Sang Ho Park
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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LL-37 is a human host defence peptide that has a wide range of biological functions, including antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties. This review summarises how molecular structure influences the balance between the immunomodulatory and antimicrobial functions of LL-37.
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- Matthew F Burton
- Centre for Bioactive Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Science Laboratory, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
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Houbiers MC, Hemminga MA. Protein-lipid interactions of bacteriophage M13 gene 9 minor coat protein (Review). Mol Membr Biol 2009; 21:351-9. [PMID: 15764365 DOI: 10.1080/09687860400012918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Gene 9 protein is one of the minor coat proteins of bacteriophage M13. The protein plays a role in the assembly process by associating with the host membrane by protein-lipid interactions. The availability of chemically synthesized protein has enabled the biophysical characterization of the membrane-bound state of the protein by using model membrane systems. This paper summarizes, discusses and further interprets this work in the light of the current state of the literature, leading to new possible models of the coat protein in a membrane. The biological implications of these findings related to the membrane-bound phage assembly are indicated.
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- M Chantal Houbiers
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, NL-6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Vos WL, Nazarov PV, Koehorst RBM, Spruijt RB, Hemminga MA. From 'I' to 'L' and back again: the odyssey of membrane-bound M13 protein. Trends Biochem Sci 2009; 34:249-55. [PMID: 19362002 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2009.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2008] [Revised: 01/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The major coat protein of the filamentous bacteriophage M13 is a surprising protein because it exists both as a membrane protein and as part of the M13 phage coat during its life cycle. Early studies showed that the phage-bound structure of the coat protein was a continuous I-shaped alpha-helix. However, throughout the years various structural models, both I-shaped and L-shaped, have been proposed for the membrane-bound state of the coat protein. Recently, site-directed labelling approaches have enabled the study of the coat protein under conditions that more closely mimic the in vivo membrane-bound state. Interestingly, the structure that has emerged from this work is I-shaped and similar to the structure in the phage-bound state.
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- Werner L Vos
- Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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Nazarov PV, Koehorst RBM, Vos WL, Apanasovich VV, Hemminga MA. FRET study of membrane proteins: determination of the tilt and orientation of the N-terminal domain of M13 major coat protein. Biophys J 2006; 92:1296-305. [PMID: 17114224 PMCID: PMC1783881 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.095026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A formalism for membrane protein structure determination was developed. This method is based on steady-state FRET data and information about the position of the fluorescence maxima on site-directed fluorescent labeled proteins in combination with global data analysis utilizing simulation-based fitting. The methodology was applied to determine the structural properties of the N-terminal domain of the major coat protein from bacteriophage M13 reconstituted into unilamellar DOPC/DOPG (4:1 mol/mol) vesicles. For our purpose, the cysteine mutants A7C, A9C, N12C, S13C, Q15C, A16C, S17C, and A18C in the N-terminal domain of this protein were produced and specifically labeled with the fluorescence probe AEDANS. The energy transfer data from the natural Trp-26 to AEDANS were analyzed assuming a two-helix protein model. Furthermore, the polarity Stokes shift of the AEDANS fluorescence maxima is taken into account. As a result the orientation and tilt of the N-terminal protein domain with respect to the bilayer interface were obtained, showing for the first time, to our knowledge, an overall alpha-helical protein conformation from amino acid residues 12-46, close to the protein conformation in the intact phage.
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- Petr V Nazarov
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Stopar D, Strancar J, Spruijt RB, Hemminga MA. Motional restrictions of membrane proteins: a site-directed spin labeling study. Biophys J 2006; 91:3341-8. [PMID: 16905615 PMCID: PMC1614470 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Site-directed mutagenesis was used to produce 27 single cysteine mutants of bacteriophage M13 major coat protein spanning the whole primary sequence of the protein. Single-cysteine mutants were labeled with nitroxide spin labels and incorporated into phospholipid bilayers with increasing acyl chain length. The SDSL is combined with ESR and CD spectroscopy. CD spectroscopy provided information about the overall protein conformation in different mismatching lipids. The spin label ESR spectra were analyzed in terms of a new spectral simulation approach based on hybrid evolutionary optimization and solution condensation. This method gives the residue-level free rotational space (i.e., the effective space within which the spin label can wobble) and the diffusion constant of the spin label attached to the protein. The results suggest that the coat protein has a large structural flexibility, which facilitates a stable protein-to-membrane association in lipid bilayers with various degrees of hydrophobic mismatch.
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- David Stopar
- University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Stopar D, Spruijt RB, Hemminga MA. Anchoring mechanisms of membrane-associated M13 major coat protein. Chem Phys Lipids 2006; 141:83-93. [PMID: 16620800 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2006.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Revised: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bacteriophage M13 major coat protein is extensively used as a biophysical, biochemical, and molecular biology reference system for studying membrane proteins. The protein has several elements that control its position and orientation in a lipid bilayer. The N-terminus is dominated by the presence of negatively charged amino acid residues (Glu2, Asp4, and Asp5), which will always try to extend into the aqueous phase and therefore act as a hydrophilic anchor. The amphipathic and the hydrophobic transmembrane part contain the most important hydrophobic anchoring elements. In addition there are specific aromatic and charged amino acid residues in these domains (Phe 11, Tyr21, Tyr24, Trp26, Phe42, Phe45, Lys40, Lys43, and Lys44) that fine-tune the association of the protein to the lipid bilayer. The interfacial Tyr residues are important recognition elements for precise protein positioning, a function that cannot be performed optimally by residues with an aliphatic character. The Trp26 anchor is not very strong: depending on the context, the tryptophan residue may move in or out of the membrane. On the other hand, Lys residues and Phe residues at the C-terminus of the protein act in a unique concerted action to strongly anchor the protein in the lipid bilayer.
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- David Stopar
- University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Slovenia
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Nazarov PV, Koehorst RBM, Vos WL, Apanasovich VV, Hemminga MA. FRET study of membrane proteins: simulation-based fitting for analysis of membrane protein embedment and association. Biophys J 2006; 91:454-66. [PMID: 16632512 PMCID: PMC1483081 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.082867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A new formalism for the simultaneous determination of the membrane embedment and aggregation of membrane proteins is developed. This method is based on steady-state Förster (or fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET) experiments on site-directed fluorescence labeled proteins in combination with global data analysis utilizing simulation-based fitting. The simulation of FRET was validated by a comparison with a known analytical solution for energy transfer in idealized membrane systems. The applicability of the simulation-based fitting approach was verified on simulated FRET data and then applied to determine the structural properties of the well-known major coat protein from bacteriophage M13 reconstituted into unilamellar DOPC/DOPG (4:1 mol/mol) vesicles. For our purpose, the cysteine mutants Y24C, G38C, and T46C of this protein were produced and specifically labeled with the fluorescence label AEDANS. The energy transfer data from the natural tryptophan at position 26, which is used as a donor, to AEDANS were analyzed assuming a helix model for the transmembrane domain of the protein. As a result of the FRET data analysis, the topology and bilayer embedment of this domain were quantitatively characterized. The resulting tilt of the transmembrane helix of the protein is 18 +/- 2 degrees. The tryptophan is located at a distance of 8.5 +/- 0.5 A from the membrane center. No specific aggregation of the protein was found. The methodology developed here is not limited to M13 major coat protein and can be used in principle to study the bilayer embedment of any small protein with a single transmembrane domain.
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- Petr V Nazarov
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Aisenbrey C, Harzer U, Bauer-Manz G, Bär G, Chotimah INH, Bertani P, Sizun C, Kuhn A, Bechinger B. Proton-decoupled 15N and 31P solid-state NMR investigations of the Pf3 coat protein in oriented phospholipid bilayers. FEBS J 2006; 273:817-28. [PMID: 16441667 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05114.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The coat proteins of filamentous phage are first synthesized as transmembrane proteins and then assembled onto the extruding viral particles. We investigated the transmembrane conformation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pf3 phage coat protein using proton-decoupled 15N and 31P solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The protein was either biochemically purified and uniformly labelled with 15N or synthesized chemically and labelled at specific sites. The proteins were then reconstituted into oriented phospholipid bilayers and the resulting samples analysed. The data suggest a model in which the protein adopts a tilted helix with an angle of approximately 30 degrees and an N-terminal 'swinging arm' at the membrane surface.
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Koehorst RBM, Spruijt RB, Vergeldt FJ, Hemminga MA. Lipid bilayer topology of the transmembrane alpha-helix of M13 Major coat protein and bilayer polarity profile by site-directed fluorescence spectroscopy. Biophys J 2005; 87:1445-55. [PMID: 15345527 PMCID: PMC1304553 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.043208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This article presents a new formalism to perform a quantitative fluorescence analysis using the Stokes shift of AEDANS-labeled cysteine mutants of M13 major coat protein incorporated in lipid bilayers. This site-directed fluorescence spectroscopy approach enables us to obtain the topology of the bilayer-embedded transmembrane alpha-helix from the orientation and tilt angles, and relative bilayer location. Both in pure dioleoylphosphatidylcholine and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine/dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (4:1 mol/mol) bilayers, which have a similar bilayer thickness, the tilt angle of the transmembrane helix of the coat protein turns out to be 23 degrees +/- 4. Upon decreasing the hydrophobic thickness on going from dieicosenoylphosphatidylcholine to dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine, the tilt angle and orientation angle of the transmembrane alpha-helix change. The protein responds to an increase of hydrophobic stress by increasing the tilt angle so as to keep much of its hydrophobic part inside the bilayer. At the same time, the transmembrane helix rotates at its long axis so as to optimize the hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions of the C-terminal phenylalanines and lysines, respectively. The increase of tilt angle cannot completely keep the hydrophobic protein section within the bilayer, but the C-terminal part remains anchored at the acyl-chain/glycerol backbone interface at the cost of the N-terminal section. In addition, our analysis results in the profile of the dielectric constant of the hydrophobic domain of the bilayer. For all phospholipid bilayers studied the profile has a concave shape, with a value of the dielectric constant of 4.0 in the center of the bilayer. The dielectric constant increases on approaching the headgroup region with a value of 12.4 at the acyl-chain/glycerol backbone interface for the various phosphatidylcholines with different chain lengths. For dioleoylphosphatidylcholine/dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (4:1 mol/mol) bilayers the value of the dielectric constant at the acyl-chain/glycerol backbone interface is 18.6. In conclusion, the consistency of our analysis shows that the applied cysteine-scanning mutagenesis method with AEDANS labeling of a helical transmembrane protein in combination with a quantitative formalism offers a reliable description of the lipid bilayer topology of the protein and bilayer properties. This also indicates that the spacer link between the protein and AEDANS label is long enough to monitor the local polarity of the lipid environment and not that of the amino-acid residues of the protein, and short enough to have the topology of the protein imposing on the fluorescence properties of the AEDANS label.
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- Rob B M Koehorst
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Stopar D, Spruijt RB, Wolfs CJAM, Hemminga MA. Protein-lipid interactions of bacteriophage M13 major coat protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1611:5-15. [PMID: 12659940 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(03)00047-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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During the past years, remarkable progress has been made in our understanding of the replication cycle of bacteriophage M13 and the molecular details that enable phage proteins to navigate in the complex environment of the host cell. With new developments in molecular membrane biology in combination with spectroscopic techniques, we are now in a position to ask how phages carry out this delicate process on a molecular level, and what sort of protein-lipid and protein-protein interactions are involved. In this review we will focus on the molecular details of the protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions of the major coat protein (gp8) that may play a role during the infection of Escherichia coli by bacteriophage M13.
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- David Stopar
- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Ribosomes and the Synthesis of Proteins. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50032-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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