The Formation of β-Strand Nine (β9) in the Folding and Insertion of BamA from an Unfolded Form into Lipid Bilayers

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dc.date.accessioned2023-03-24T15:03:17Z
dc.date.available2023-03-24T15:03:17Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-19
dc.description.sponsorshipGefördert durch den Publikationsfonds der Universität Kasselger
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202303157642
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14527
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.relation.doidoi:10.3390/membranes13020247
dc.rightsNamensnennung 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectouter membrane proteineng
dc.subjectprotein foldingeng
dc.subjectlipid bilayereng
dc.subjectβ-barreleng
dc.subjectBamAeng
dc.subjectOmpAeng
dc.subjectcysteine scanning mutagenesiseng
dc.subjectsite-directed fluorescence spectroscopyeng
dc.subjectBAM complexeng
dc.subject.ddc570
dc.subject.swdMembranproteineger
dc.subject.swdTransmembranproteineger
dc.subject.swdProteinfaltungger
dc.subject.swdLipideger
dc.subject.swdDoppelschichtger
dc.subject.swdProtein OmpAger
dc.subject.swdFluoreszenzspektroskopieger
dc.titleThe Formation of β-Strand Nine (β9) in the Folding and Insertion of BamA from an Unfolded Form into Lipid Bilayerseng
dc.typeAufsatz
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dcterms.abstractTransmembrane proteins span lipid bilayer membranes and serve essential functions in all living cells. Membrane-inserted domains are of either α-helical or β-barrel structure. Despite their biological importance, the biophysical mechanisms of the folding and insertion of proteins into membranes are not well understood. While the relative composition of the secondary structure has been examined by circular dichroism spectroscopy in folding studies for several outer membrane proteins, it is currently not known how individual β-strands fold. Here, the folding and insertion of the β-barrel assembly machinery protein A (BamA) from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli into lipid bilayers were investigated, and the formation of strand nine (β9) of BamA was examined. Eight single-cysteine mutants of BamA were overexpressed and isolated in unfolded form in 8 M urea. In each of these mutants, one of the residues of strand β9, from R572 to V579, was replaced by a cysteine and labeled with the fluorophore IAEDANS for site-directed fluorescence spectroscopy. Upon urea-dilution, the mutants folded into the native structure and were inserted into lipid bilayers of dilauroylphosphatidylcholine, similar to wild-type BamA. An aqueous and a membrane-adsorbed folding intermediate of BamA could be identified by strong shifts in the intensity maxima of the IAEDANS fluorescence of the labeled mutants of BamA towards shorter wavelengths, even in the absence of lipid bilayers. The shifts were greatest for membrane-adsorbed mutants and smaller for the inserted, folded mutants or the aqueous intermediates. The spectra of the mutants V573C-, L575C-, G577C-, and V579C-BamA, facing the lipid bilayer, displayed stronger shifts than the spectra recorded for the mutants R572C-, N574C-, T576C-, and K578C-BamA, facing the β-barrel lumen, in both the membrane-adsorbed form and the folded, inserted form. This alternating pattern was neither observed for the IAEDANS spectra of the unfolded forms nor for the water-collapsed forms, indicating that strand β9 forms in a membrane-adsorbed folding intermediate of BamA. The combination of cysteine scanning mutagenesis and site-directed fluorescence labeling is shown to be a valuable tool in examining the local secondary structure formation of transmembrane proteins.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorHerwig, Sascha
dcterms.creatorKleinschmidt, Jörg Helmut
dcterms.source.articlenumber247
dcterms.source.identifiereissn:2077-0375
dcterms.source.issueIssue 2
dcterms.source.journalMembraneseng
dcterms.source.volumeVolume 13
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