Conformational properties of the main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP26) isolated from lens plasma membranes.
Conformational properties of the main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP26) isolated from lens plasma membranes.
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从晶状体质膜分离的主要内在多肽 (MIP26) 的构象特性。
作者:
Horwitz,J;Bok,D
Revised Manuscript Received July 28, 1987 abstract: The conformational properties of the main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP26) isolated from lens plasma membranes were studied by using near- and far-ultraviolet circular dichroism. The far-ultraviolet spectrum of MIP26 solubilized with octyl 3-D-glucopyranoside indicates an a-helical content of~ 50% and a 3-structure content of~ 20%. A detergent-free membrane suspension of MIP26 produced a typically distorted far-ultraviolet spectrum which was caused by differentiallight scattering and absorption flattening. However, decreasing the size of the membrane fragments by sonication produced a far-ultraviolet spectrum free of distortion, and with a rotatory strength profile similar to that obtained for MIP26 solubilized with octyl 3-D-glucopyranoside. This implies similar secondary structure properties for the protein in both the suspension and the sugar detergent. The cleavage of MIP26 with Staphylococcus aureus protease, which results in removal of a 5-kilodalton peptideand which mimics theage-dependent posttranslational changes that takeplace in the lens, did not significantly affect the conformation of the core protein as judged by the near-ultravioletcircular dichroism spectra. e vertebrate eye lens is an avascular tissue with a highly ordered architecture (Maisel et al., 1981; Benedetti et al., 1981). The bulk of the lens is composed of a multitude of f This work was supported in part by USPHS Grants EY 00331, EY00444, and EY 03897. DB is the Dolly Green Professor of Ophthalmology. elongated, nondividing cells which are called lens fibers. These lens fibers are coupled to one another by many intercellular junctions situated along their plasma membranes (Rae, 1979; Goodenough et al., 1980; Benedetti et al., 1981). The most abundant protein in the lens fiber plasma membrane is an intrinsic membrane protein known as MIP26 or MP26 (Bro-ekhuyse et al., 1976; Benedetti et al., 1981). This protein,
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影响因子:
3.5
作者:
L. D. Ngoc;P. Paroutaud;I. Dunia;E. Benedetti;J. Hoebeke
通讯作者:
J. Hoebeke
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Jeffrey B. Siegel;Wayne E. Steinmetz;George L. Long
通讯作者:
George L. Long
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
A. S. Schneider;D. Harmatz
通讯作者:
D. Harmatz
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
BROEKHUYSE, RM;KUHLMANN, ED;STOLS, ALH
通讯作者:
STOLS, ALH
DOI:
10.1083/jcb.86.2.576
发表时间:
1980-08
期刊:
The Journal of cell biology
影响因子:
--
作者:
Goodenough DA;Dick JS 2nd;Lyons JE
通讯作者:
Lyons JE