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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 82, 期 5, 页码 2476-2486出版社
BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75590-2
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM-46732] Funding Source: Medline
The transmembrane helix of glycophorin A contains a seven-residue motif, LIxxGVxxGVxxT, that mediates protein dimerization. Threonine is the only polar amino acid in this motif with the potential to stabilize the dimer through hydrogen-bonding interactions. Polarized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is used to establish a robust protocol for incorporating glycophorin A transmembrane peptides into membrane bilayers. Analysis of the dichroic ratio of the 1655-cm(-1) amide I vibration indicates that peptides reconstituted by detergent dialysis have a transmembrane orientation with a helix crossing angle of <35°. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is used to establish high resolution structural restraints on the conformation and packing of Thr-87 in the dimer interface. Rotational resonance measurement of a 2.9-&ANGS; distance between the γ-methyl and backbone carbonyl carbons of Thr-87 is consistent with a gauche- conformation for the χ1 torsion angle. Rotational-echo double-resonance measurements demonstrate close packing (4.0 +/- 0.2 &ANGS;) of the Thr-87 γ-methyl group with the backbone nitrogen of lle-88 across the dimer interface. The short interhelical distance places the β-hydroxyl of Thr-87 within hydrogen-bonding range of the backbone carbonyl of Val-84 on the opposing helix. These results refine the structure of the glycophorin A dimer in membrane bilayers and highlight the complementary role of small and polar residues in the tight association of transmembrane helices in membrane proteins.
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