Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 961-971Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn204624p
Keywords
AFM; atomic force microscopy; bacteriorhodopsin; circular dichroism; DMPC; membrane scaffold protein 1; purple membrane; reconstitution; SMFS; unfolding intermediates; unfolding pathways
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- European Community [211800]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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Single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) can quantify and localize inter- and intramolecular interactions that determine the folding, stability, and functional state of membrane proteins. To conduct SMFS the membranes embedding the membrane proteins must be Imaged and localized in a rather time-consuming manner. Toward simplifying the investigation of membrane proteins by SMFS, we reconstituted the light-driven proton pump bacteriorhodopsin into lipid nanodiscs. The advantage of using nanodiscs Is that membrane proteins can be handled like water-soluble proteins and characterized with similar ease. SMFS characterization of bacteriorhodopsin in native purple membranes and in nanodiscs reveals no significant alterations of structure, function, unfolding intermediates, and strengths of inter- and intramolecular interactions. This demonstrates that lipid nanodiscs provide a unique approach for in vitro studies of native membrane proteins using SMFS and open an avenue to characterize membrane proteins by a wide variety of SMFS approaches that have been established on water-soluble proteins.
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