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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 280, Issue 28, Pages 26032-26038Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M504929200
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM20487, GM071128] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS38226] Funding Source: Medline
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Evidence is accumulating that the topological organization and hence function of some membrane proteins are not solely determined by the amino acid sequence of the protein but are also influenced by the lipid composition of the membrane. The gamma-aminobutyric acid ( GABA) permease (GabP) of Escherichia coli has been found in this study to be affected both topologically and kinetically by membrane lipids. Using single cysteine accessibility methods with viable E. coli strains of natural lipid composition and those lacking phosphatidylethanolamine ( PE), we have shown that the N-terminal hairpin of GabP is inverted relative to the membrane in PE-lacking cells, with a hinge point in transmembrane domain III. The rate of GABA transport is reduced by more than 99% in PE-lacking cells. The Michaelis constant for GABA transport is not greatly affected nor is the dependence of transport on energy. However, transport specificity ratio analysis demonstrated a clear transition state stability difference for GABA and nipecotic acid between the protein in PE-containing and PE-lacking cells. The patterns of observed effects are similar to those seen with the phenylalanine transporter of E. coli (Zhang, W., Bogdanov, M. Pi, J. Pittard, A. J., and Dowhan, W. ( 2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 50128-50135), also an amino acid/polyamine/organocation family member but quite distinct from those observed with lactose permease ( Bogdanov, M., Heacock, P. N., and Dowhan, W. ( 2002) EMBO J. 21, 2107-2116), a major facilitator superfamily member. Therefore, by extending the studies of similarities and differences in lipid responses among and between family groups, we may identify elements within the proteins that facilitate lipid responsiveness.
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