Role of a bacterial glycolipid in Sec-independent membrane protein insertion

Autor: Kaoru Nomura, Shoko Mori, Kohki Fujikawa, Tsukiho Osawa, Shugo Tsuda, Kumiko Yoshizawa-Kumagaye, Shun Masuda, Hideki Nishio, Taku Yoshiya, Takao Yoda, Masafumi Shionyu, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Ken-ichi Nishiyama, Keiko Shimamoto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16304-1
Popis: Abstract Non-proteinaceous components in membranes regulate membrane protein insertion cooperatively with proteinaceous translocons. An endogenous glycolipid in the Escherichia coli membrane called membrane protein integrase (MPIase) is one such component. Here, we focused on the Sec translocon-independent pathway and examined the mechanisms of MPIase-facilitated protein insertion using physicochemical techniques. We determined the membrane insertion efficiency of a small hydrophobic protein using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, which showed good agreement with that determined by the insertion assay using an in vitro translation system. The observed insertion efficiency was strongly correlated with membrane physicochemical properties measured using fluorescence techniques. Diacylglycerol, a trace component of E. coli membrane, reduced the acyl chain mobility in the core region and inhibited the insertion, whereas MPIase restored them. We observed the electrostatic intermolecular interactions between MPIase and the side chain of basic amino acids in the protein, suggesting that the negatively charged pyrophosphate of MPIase attracts the positively charged residues of a protein near the membrane surface, which triggers the insertion. Thus, this study demonstrated the ingenious approach of MPIase to support membrane insertion of proteins by using its unique molecular structure in various ways.
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