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Mechanosensitive channel of Thermoplasma, the cell wall-less archaea: cloning and molecular characterization.

Abstract：

:By using a functional approach of reconstituting detergent-solubilized membrane proteins into liposomes and following their function in patch-clamp experiments, we identified a novel mechanosensitive (MS) channel in the thermophilic cell wall-less archaeon Thermoplasma volcanium. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of the enriched protein fractions revealed a band of approx 15 kDa comparable to MscL, the bacterial MS channel of large conductance. 20 N-terminal residues determined by protein microsequencing, matched the sequence to an unknown open reading frame in the genome of a related species Thermoplasma acidophilum. The protein encoded by the T. acidophilum gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli and reconstituted into liposomes. When examined for function, the reconstituted protein exhibited properties typical of an MS ion channel: 1) activation by negative pressure applied to the patch-clamp pipet, 2) blockage by gadolinium, and 3) activation by the anionic amphipath trinitrophenol. In analogy to the nomenclature used for bacterial MS channels, the MS channel of T acidophilum was termed MscTA. Secondary structural analysis indicated that similar to MscL, the T. acidophilum MS protein may have two transmembrane domains, suggesting that MS channels of thermophilic Archaea belong to a family of structurally related MscL-like ion channels with two membrane-spanning regions. When the mscTA gene was expressed in the mscL- knockout strain and the MscTA protein reconstituted into liposomes, the gating of MscTA was characterized by very brief openings of variable conductance. In contrast, when the mscTA gene was expressed in the wild-type mscL+ strain of E. coli, the gating properties of the channel resembled MscL. However, the channel had reduced conductance and differed from MscL in its kinetics and in the free energy of activation, suggesting that MscTA and MscL can form functional complexes and/or modulate each other activity. Similar to MscL, MscTA exhibited an increase in activity in liposomes made of phospholipids having shorter acyl chain, suggesting a role of hydrophobic mismatch in the function of prokaryotic MS channels.

journal_name

Cell Biochem Biophys

journal_title

Cell biochemistry and biophysics

authors

Kloda A,Martinac B

doi

10.1385/CBB:34:3:321

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-01-01 00:00:00

pages

321-47

issue

eissn

1085-9195

issn

1559-0283

pii

CBB:34:3:321

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Mechanosensitive channel of Thermoplasma, the cell wall-less archaea: cloning and molecular characterization.