Activities of a mechanosensitive ion channel in an E. coli mutant lacking the major lipoprotein.
Activities of a mechanosensitive ion channel in an E. coli mutant lacking the major lipoprotein.
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缺乏主要脂蛋白的大肠杆菌突变体中机械敏感离子通道的活性。
DOI:
10.1007/bf02260105
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发表时间:
1993
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Kung,C
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Kubalski,A;Martinac,B;Ling,KY;Adler,J;Kung,C
The activity of the mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels in membrane patches, excised fromE. colispheroplasts, was analyzed using the patch-clamp technique. Outer membranes from a mutant lacking the major lipoprotein (Lpp) and its wildtype parent were examined. The MS-channel activities in the wild-type membrane rarely revealed substates at the time resolution used. These channels showed a stretch sensitivity indicated by the IISP (the suction for ane-fold increase in channel open probability) of 4.9 mm Hg suction. The MS-channel activities oflppincluded a prominent substate and showed a weaker mechano-sensitivity with an 1/Spof 10.0 mm Hg. Whereas small amphipaths (chlorpromazine, trinitrophenol) or a larger amphipath (lysolecithin) all activated the MS channel in the wild-type membrane under minimal suction, only the larger lysolecithin could activate the MS channel in thelppmembranes. After lysolecithin addition, thelppmembrane became more effective in transmitting the stretch force to the MS channel, as indicated by a steepening of the Boltzmann curve. We discuss one interpretation of these results, in which the major lipoprotein serves as a natural amphipath inserted in the inner monolayer and the loss of this natural amphipath makes the bilayer less able to transmit the gating force.