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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 111, 期 1, 页码 79-89出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.06.004
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- Colombian institution Colciencias [529/2011]
- FEBS short-term fellowship
- German Science Foundation (D.F.G.) within the Research Training Group 1962, Dynamic Interactions at Biological Membranes-From Single Molecules to Tissue
The disruption of ionic and H-bond interactions between the cytosolic ends of transmembrane helices TM3 and TM6 of class-A (rhodopsin-like) G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is a hallmark for their activation by chemical or physical stimuli. In the bovine photoreceptor rhodopsin, this is accompanied by proton uptake at Glu(134) in the class-conserved D(E) RY motif. Studies on TM3 model peptides proposed a crucial role of the lipid bilayer in linking protonation to stabilization of an active state-like conformation. However, the molecular details of this linkage could not be resolved and have been addressed in this study by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on TM3 model peptides in a bilayer of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC). We show that protonation of the conserved glutamic acid alters the peptide insertion depth in the membrane, its side-chain rotamer preferences, and stabilizes the C-terminal helical structure. These factors contribute to the rise of the side-chain pK(a) (>6) and to reduced polarity around the TM3 C terminus as confirmed by fluorescence spectroscopy. Helix stabilization requires the protonated carboxyl group; unexpectedly, this stabilization could not be evoked with an amide in MD simulations. Additionally, time-resolved Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of TM3 model peptides revealed a different kinetics for lipid ester carbonyl hydration, suggesting that the carboxyl is linked to more extended H-bond clusters than an amide. Remarkably, this was seen as well in DOPC-reconstituted Glu(134) - and Gln(134)-containing bovine opsin mutants and demonstrates that the D(E) RY motif is a hydrated microdomain. The function of the D(E) RY motif as a proton switch is suggested to be based on the reorganization of the H-bond network at the membrane interface.
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