Publication Date:
2009-11-27
Description:
Despite the growing number of atomic-resolution membrane protein structures, direct structural information about proteins in their native membrane environment is scarce. This problem is particularly relevant in the case of the highly charged S1-S4 voltage-sensing domains responsible for nerve impulses, where interactions with the lipid bilayer are critical for the function of voltage-activated ion channels. Here we use neutron diffraction, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the structure and hydration of bilayer membranes containing S1-S4 voltage-sensing domains. Our results show that voltage sensors adopt transmembrane orientations and cause a modest reshaping of the surrounding lipid bilayer, and that water molecules intimately interact with the protein within the membrane. These structural findings indicate that voltage sensors have evolved to interact with the lipid membrane while keeping energetic and structural perturbations to a minimum, and that water penetrates the membrane, to hydrate charged residues and shape the transmembrane electric field.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784928/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784928/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Krepkiy, Dmitriy -- Mihailescu, Mihaela -- Freites, J Alfredo -- Schow, Eric V -- Worcester, David L -- Gawrisch, Klaus -- Tobias, Douglas J -- White, Stephen H -- Swartz, Kenton J -- GM74737/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM86685/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P01 GM086685/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM074637/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 RR014812/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- ZIA NS002945-13/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2009 Nov 26;462(7272):473-9. doi: 10.1038/nature08542.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19940918" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Archaeal Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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Circular Dichroism
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Lipid Bilayers/*chemistry/*metabolism
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Membrane Lipids/analysis/chemistry/metabolism
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*Membrane Potentials
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation
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Neutron Diffraction
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
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Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated/*chemistry/metabolism
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Spectrometry, Fluorescence
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Water/*analysis/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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