Abstract:
:Spontaneous insertion of membrane proteins into liposomes formed from Escherichia coli polar phospholipids is blocked by diacylglycerol (DAG) at a physiological level. We found that cholesterol also blocks this spontaneous insertion, although a much larger amount is necessary for sufficient blockage. Reversely, sphingomyelin enhanced the spontaneous insertion. DAG at a physiological level was found not to block spontaneous insertion into liposomes formed from phosphatidylcholine (PC), while non-physiologically high concentrations of DAG reduced it. On the other hand, cholesterol blocked the spontaneous insertion into PC liposomes at a physiological level, explaining that both PC and cholesterol are absent in E. coli. While sphingomyelin did not enhance spontaneous insertion into PC liposomes, the effect of cholesterol on blockage of spontaneous insertion was dominant over that of sphingomyelin, suggesting that cholesterol functions as a blocker of disordered spontaneous insertion in eukaryotic cells. Lower amount of cholesterol was necessary to block spontaneous insertion into ER-mimic liposomes, explaining that ER membranes contain less amount of cholesterol. These results also explain that cholesterol, but not DAG, is involved in blockage of spontaneous insertion in eukaryotic cells, since DAG plays an important role as a second messenger in signal transduction.
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J Biochemjournal_title
Journal of biochemistryauthors
Nakamura S,Suzuki S,Saito H,Nishiyama KIdoi
10.1093/jb/mvx083subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-04-01 00:00:00pages
313-319issue
4eissn
0021-924Xissn
1756-2651pii
4693875journal_volume
163pub_type
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