期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 331, 期 1, 页码 255-262出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00714-9
关键词
transmembrane helix; helix-helix interactions; M13 major coat protein; TOXCAT assay; polar residues in membranes
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM54160] Funding Source: Medline
Polar residues are capable of mediating the association of membrane-embedded helices through the formation of side-chain/side-chain interhelical hydrogen bonds. However, the extent to which native van der Waals packing of the residues surrounding the polar locus can enhance, or interfere with, the interaction of polar residues has not yet been studied. We examined the propensities of four polar residues (aspartic acid, asparagine, glutamic acid, and glutamine) to promote self-association of transmembrane (TM) domains in several biologically derived sequence environments, including (i) four naturally occurring TM domains that contain a Glu or Gln residue (Tnf5/CD40 ligand, C79a/Ig-alpha, C79b/Ig-beta, and Fut3/alpha-fucosyltransferase); and (ii) variants of bacteriophage M13 major coat protein TM segment with Asp and Asn at interfacial and non-interfacial positions. Self-association was quantified by the TOXCAT assay, which measures TM helix self-oligomerization in the Escherichia coli inner membrane. While an appropriately placed polar residue was found in several cases to significantly stabilize TM helix-helix interactions through the formation of an interhelical hydrogen bond, in other cases the strongly polar residues did not enhance the association of the two helices. Overall, these results suggest that an innate structural mechanism may operate to control non-specific association of membrane-embedded polar residues. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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