Journal
BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 398, Issue 5-6, Pages 547-563Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2016-0289
Keywords
clustering; crowding; lipoprotein-membrane interaction; model biomembranes; phase-separation; Ras proteins
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 642]
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The partitioning of the lipidated signaling proteins N-Ras and K-Ras4B into various membrane systems, ranging from single-component fluid bilayers, binary fluid mixtures, heterogeneous raft model membranes up to complex native-like lipid mixtures (GPMVs) in the absence and presence of integral membrane proteins have been explored in the last decade in a combined chemical-biological and biophysical approach. These studies have revealed pronounced isoform-specific differences regarding the lateral distribution in membranes and formation of protein-rich membrane domains. In this context, we will also discuss the effects of lipid head group structure and charge density on the partitioning behavior of the lipoproteins. Moreover, the dynamic properties of N-Ras and K-Ras4B have been studied in different model membrane systems and native-like crowded milieus. Addition of crowding agents such as Ficoll and its monomeric unit, sucrose, gradually favors clustering of Ras proteins in forming small oligomers in the bulk; only at very high crowder concentrations association is disfavored.
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