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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Nef is an HIV-1 accessory protein that directly contributes to AIDS progression. Nef is myristoylated on the N-terminus, associates with membranes, and may undergo a transition from a solution conformation to a membrane-associated conformation. It has been hypothesized that conformational rearrangement enables membrane-associated Nef to interact with cellular proteins. Despite its medical relevance, to our knowledge there is no direct information about the conformation of membrane-bound Nef. In this work, we used neutron reflection to reveal what we believe are the first details of the conformation of membrane-bound Nef. The conformation of Nef was probed upon binding to Langmuir monolayers through the interaction of an N-terminal His tag with a synthetic metal-chelating lipid, which models one of the possible limiting cases for myr-Nef. The data indicate that residues are inserted into the lipid headgroups during interaction, and that the core domain lies directly against the lipid headgroups, with a thickness of ?40 A. Binding of Nef through the N-terminal His tag apparently facilitates insertion of residues, as no insertion occurred upon binding of Nef through weak electrostatic interactions in the absence of the specific interaction through the His tag.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1542-0086
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Biophysical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1940-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20858440-1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Acetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Adsorption, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Copper, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Deuterium, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Neutron Diffraction, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-X-Ray Diffraction, pubmed-meshheading:20858440-nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Neutron reflectometry study of the conformation of HIV Nef bound to lipid membranes.
pubmed:affiliation
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. mskent@sandia.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural