Intracellular localization of a group II chaperonin indicates a membrane-related function
| Autor: | Colleen Lavin, R. Andrew McMillan, Hiromi Kagawa, Jonathan D. Trent, Christopher E. Henze, Chad D. Paavola, Tsegereda Embaye, Linda L. Jahnke, Jeanie Howard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Protein Folding
Hot Temperature Chaperonins Membrane permeability Archaeal Proteins Membrane lipids ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Group II Chaperonins Fluorescent Antibody Technique Biology Models Biological Sulfolobus Chaperonin Cell membrane Membrane Lipids medicine Sulfolobus shibatae Multidisciplinary ved/biology Cell Membrane Chaperonin 60 Immunogold labelling Biological Sciences Transport protein Protein Transport Freeze Drying Membrane medicine.anatomical_structure Microscopy Fluorescence Biochemistry Liposomes |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100:15589-15594 |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 0027-8424 |
| Popis: | Chaperonins are protein complexes that are believed to function as part of a protein folding system in the cytoplasm of the cell. We observed, however, that the group II chaperonins known as rosettasomes in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae , are not cytoplasmic but membrane associated. This association was observed in cultures grown at 60°C and 76°C or heat-shocked at 85°C by using immunofluorescence microscopy and in thick sections of rapidly frozen cells grown at 76°C by using immunogold electron microscopy. We observed that increased abundance of rosettasomes after heat shock correlated with decreased membrane permeability at lethal temperature (92°C). This change in permeability was not seen in cells heat-shocked in the presence of the amino acid analogue azetidine 2-carboxylic acid, indicating functional protein synthesis influences permeability. Azetidine experiments also indicated that observed heat-induced changes in lipid composition in S. shibatae could not account for changes in membrane permeability. Rosettasomes purified from cultures grown at 60°C and 76°C or heat-shocked at 85°C bind to liposomes made from either the bipolar tetraether lipids of Sulfolobus or a variety of artificial lipid mixtures. The presence of rosettasomes did not significantly change the transition temperature of liposomes, as indicated by differential scanning calorimetry, or the proton permeability of liposomes, as indicated by pyranine fluorescence. We propose that these group II chaperonins function as a structural element in the natural membrane based on their intracellular location, the correlation between their functional abundance and membrane permeability, and their potential distribution on the membrane surface. |
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