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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 44, Issue 46, Pages 15296-15303Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi051585i
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By means of scanning force and fluorescence microscopy of artificial membranes immobilized on mica surfaces, the lateral organization of the annexin A2/S100A10 heterotetramer (annexin A2t) and its influence on the lateral organization of the lipids within the membrane have been elucidated. Planar lipid bilayers composed of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC)/1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylsn-glycero-3-phosphoserine (POPS) were prepared on atomically flat mica surfaces by the spreading of unilarnellar vesicles. Fluorescence images of fluorescently labeled annexin A2t and scanning force microscopy images of nonlabeled protein bound to POPC/POPS bilayers show the formation of micrometersized lateral protein domains in the presence of 1 mM CaCl2. By means of scanning force microscopy, not only protein domains became discernible but also small membrane domains, which were attributed to POPS-enriched areas. A depletion of these POPS domains was observed in the vicinity of annexin A2t protein domains. These results indicate that annexin A2t is a peripheral membrane-binding complex capable of inducing lipid segregation.
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