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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Model membranes with unsaturated lipid chains containing various amounts of M13 coat protein in the alpha-helical form were studied using time-resolved fluorescence and ESR spectroscopy. The lipid-to-protein (L/P) ratios used were > 12 to avoid protein-protein contacts and irreversible aggregation leading to beta-polymeric coat protein. In the ESR spectra of the 12-SASL probe in dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine (DOPC) bilayers no second protein induced component is observed upon incorporation of M13 coat protein. However, strong effects are detected on the ESR lineshapes upon changing the protein concentration. The ESR lineshapes are simulated by assuming a fixed ratio between the parallel (D parallel) and perpendicular (D perpendicular) diffusion coefficients of 4, and an order parameter equal to zero. It is found that increasing the protein concentration from L/P infinity to L/P 15 results in a decrease of the rotational diffusion coefficient D perpendicular from 3.4 x 10(7) to 1.9 x 10(7) s-1. In the time-resolved fluorescence experiments with DPH-propionic acid as a probe, it is observed that increasing the M13 coat protein concentration causes an increase of the two fluorescent lifetimes, indicating an increase in bilayer order. Analysis of the time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy decay allows one to quantitatively determine the order parameters <P2> and <P4>, and the rotational diffusion coefficient D perpendicular of the fluorescent probe. The order parameters <P2> and <P4> increase from 0.34 to 0.55 and from 0.59 to 0.77, respectively, upon adding M13 coat protein to DOPC bilayers with an L/P ratio of 35.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0175-7571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
A small protein in model membranes: a time-resolved fluorescence and ESR study on the interaction of M13 coat protein with lipid bilayers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Physics, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't