Influence of quaternary cation compound on the size of the Escherichia coli small multidrug resistance protein, EmrE

Autor: S. Junaid S. Qazi, Raymond J. Turner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Vol 13, Iss , Pp 129-140 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-5808
26456842
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2018.02.001
Popis: EmrE is a member of the small multidrug resistance (SMR) protein family in Escherichia coli. It confers resistance to a wide variety of quaternary cation compounds (QCCs) as an efflux transporter driven by the transmembrane proton motive force. We have expressed hexahistidinyl (His6) – myc epitope tagged EmrE, extracted it from membrane preparations using the detergent n-dodecyl-β-D-maltopyranoside (DDM), and purified it using nickel-affinity chromatography. The size of the EmrE protein, in DDM environment, was then examined in the presence and absence of a range of structurally different QCC ligands that varied in their chemical structure, charge and shape. We used dynamic light scattering and showed that the size and oligomeric state distributions are dependent on the type of QCC. We also followed changes in the Trp fluorescence and determined apparent dissociation constants (Kd). Overall, our in vitro analyses of epitope tagged EmrE demonstrated subtle but significant differences in the size distributions with different QCC ligands bound. Keywords: Small multidrug resistance (SMR) protein, EmrE, Integral membrane protein folding, Quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC), Quaternary cation compounds (QCC), Ligand binding, Hexahistidine (His6) tag, Structural plasticity, Dynamic light scattering
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