Abstract:
:Mechanisms of folding and misfolding of membrane proteins are of interest in cell biology. Recently, we have established single-molecule force spectroscopy to observe directly the stepwise folding of the Na+/H+ antiporter NhaA from Escherichia coli in vitro. Here, we improved this approach significantly to track the folding intermediates of a single NhaA polypeptide forming structural segments such as the Na+-binding site, transmembrane alpha-helices, and helical pairs. The folding rates of structural segments ranged from 0.31 s(-1) to 47 s(-1), providing detailed insight into a distinct folding hierarchy of an unfolded polypeptide into the native membrane protein structure. In some cases, however, the folding chain formed stable and kinetically trapped non-native structures, which could be assigned to misfolding events of the antiporter.
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J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Kedrov A,Janovjak H,Ziegler C,Kuhlbrandt W,Muller DJdoi
10.1016/j.jmb.2005.10.028keywords:
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2006-01-06 00:00:00pages
2-8issue
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0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022-2836(05)01259-3journal_volume
355pub_type
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