The N-Terminal Amphipathic Helix of Endophilin Does Not Contribute to Its Molecular Curvature Generation Capacity
| Autor: | Zhiming Chen, Curtis J. Kuo, Tobias Baumgart, Chen Zhu, Jaclyn Robustelli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Curvature Models Biological Biochemistry Article Catalysis 03 medical and health sciences Colloid and Surface Chemistry Amphiphile Microscopy Confocal Chemistry Cell Membrane General Chemistry Clathrin Coupling (electronics) Crystallography 030104 developmental biology Membrane Terminal (electronics) Membrane curvature Liposomes Helix Biophysics Biological Assay Amphipathic helix Acyltransferases |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138:14616-14622 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5126 0002-7863 |
| Popis: | N-BAR proteins such as endophilin are thought to bend lipid membranes via scaffolding (the molding of membranes through the crescent protein shape) and membrane insertion (also called wedging) of amphipathic helices. However, the contributions from these distinct mechanisms to membrane curvature generation and sensing have remained controversial. Here we quantitatively demonstrate that the amphipathic N-terminal H0 helix of endophilin is important for recruiting this protein to the membrane, but does not contribute significantly to its intrinsic membrane curvature generation capacity. These observations elevate the importance of the scaffolding mechanism, rather than H0 insertion, for the membrane curvature generation by N-BAR domains. Furthermore, consistent with the thermodynamically required coupling between curvature generation and sensing, we observed that the H0-truncated N-BAR domain is capable of sensing membrane curvature. Overall, our contribution clarifies an important mechanistic controversy in the function of N-BAR domain proteins. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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