IDENTIFICATION OF THE LIPID BINDING SITE OF THE PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE EXCHANGE PROTEIN WITH A PHOTOSENSITIVE NITRENE AND CARBENE PRECURSOR OF PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE
IDENTIFICATION OF THE LIPID BINDING SITE OF THE PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE EXCHANGE PROTEIN WITH A PHOTOSENSITIVE NITRENE AND CARBENE PRECURSOR OF PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE
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磷脂酰胆碱光敏氮烯和卡宾前体对磷脂酰胆碱交换蛋白脂质结合位点的鉴定
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1980.tb21304.x
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发表时间:
1980
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
H. Khorana
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作者:
K. Wirtz;P. Moonen;L. Deenen;R. Radhakrishnan;H. Khorana
Lipid-protein structures like biological membranes and serum lipoproteins derive their stability and identity to a large extent from the unique properties of the aqueous medium.lV2 These structures have an apolar core in common, yet are characterized by a heterogeneous mixture of chemically distinct lipids and proteins. To understand the mode by which these structures function, insight into the spatial organization of lipids and proteins is required. Specifically, this demands the identification of the intrinsic proteins, the delineation of the protein segments that are embedded in the apolar core, and the analysis of the lipids in contact with these hydrophobic protein segments. In an attempt to elucidate this architectural puzzle by labeling the intrinsic membrane proteins from within the bilayer, Gitler and coworkers 3-G developed lipophilic photosensitive reagents that dissolve into the apolar core of natural membranes. In sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes and erythrocytes, use of 1 -azid0-5-[~~~1]iodonaphthalene has demonstrated that the photogenerated nitrene derivative coupled covalently to the intrinsic protein^.^ In membranes containing (Na+,K+) ATPase, coupling of this nitrene derivative occurred predominantly to a membrane-embedded fragment of this sodium pump protein.5 In erythrocytes approximately half of the coupling products consisted of the trypsin-insoluble, trans-membrane segment of glycophorin.O Incorporation of l-azid0-4-iodo-[~H]benzene into human erythrocyte membranes has confirmed that the photogenerated nitrene covalently couples to the intramembranous region of glycophorin.'? fi These studies suggest that the lipophilic, in situ generated arylnitrenes are useful tools to identify the intrinsic membrane proteins and their segments in contact with the lipid bilayer. Bayley and K n ~ w l e s , ~ however, have argued against the use of arylnitrenes whose relatively long lifetime and electrophilic character may prevent the desired indiscriminate labeling of the intramembranous protein segments. These disadvantages can be overcome by the use of the more reactive carbenes, derived photochemically from diazirines as lipophilic labeling reagents.l0 In contrast to phenylnitrene, the photogenerated carbenes of phenyldiazirine and adamantyl-diazirine dissolved into the bilayer of phospholipid vesicles, are sufficiently reactive to insert into the carbonhydrogen bonds of saturated fatty acids.Y. lo