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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Cytochrome b5, a protein isolated from the endoplasmic reticulum by detergent extraction, interacts spontaneously with small unilamellar phosphatidylcholine vesicles. When the vesicles are made from 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC), the tryptophan fluorescence of the cytochrome is enhanced, and when they are made from 1-palmitoyl-2-(dibromostearoyl) phosphatidylcholine (BRPC), the fluorescence is quenched. A series of BRPC were synthesized with bromine atoms at the 6,7, 9,10, 11,12 or 15,16 positions. The vesicles synthesized from each of these lipids were similar in size to those made from POPC. The relative fluorescence intensities of the cytochrome b5 in POPC and 6,7-, 9,10-, 11,12- and 15,16- BRPC were 100, 19.4, 29.4, 37.1, and 54.0, respectively. These data suggest that the exposed tryptophan(s) is (are) at a depth of 0.7 nm below the surface of the vesicle. Bromine is a collisional quencher; hence, these data may indicate the relative position of the lipid annulus around the protein rather than the depth of the protein below the average vesicle surface. Cytochrome b5 contains three potentially fluorescent tryptophans, and determinations of fluorescent quantum yield indicate all three potentially fluorescent tryptophans, and determinations of fluorescent quantum yield indicate all three are fluorescent with an average quantum yield, when in POPC vesicles, of 0.21. Fluorescence lifetime measurements by the demodulation technique indicated heterogeneity of fluorescence lifetimes in all vesicles. The lifetimes in the BRPC vesicles ranged from 2.0 to 2.4 ns compared to a value of 3.3 ns in POPC.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2895-901
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Determination of the topography of cytochrome b5 in lipid vesicles by fluorescence quenching.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.