期刊
PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 76, 期 -, 页码 111-117出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2018.10.002
关键词
Bacteriorhodopsin; Membrane curvature; Stability; Unfolding; Mimic membrane
资金
- National key Research and Development Plan of China [2016YFE0106700]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21573289, 21673294]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Biological membrane is crucial for the function, stability and folding of membrane proteins. By studying the stability and folding kinetics of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) in lipid vesicles with different sizes, here we report the influence of membrane curvature (vesicle size) on the stability and folding kinetics of bR. The results show that both the stability and folding kinetics of bR can be significantly changed when reconstituted into mimic membranes with different curvatures. The stability of bR decreases and unfolding rate of bR increases with the growth of vesicle size, i.e. decrease of membrane curvature. Our results suggest that it is possible to regulate the properties of membrane proteins by changing the curvature of membranes.
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