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Structure, topology, and tilt of cell-signaling peptides containing nuclear localization sequences in membrane bilayers determined by solid-state NMR and molecular dynamics simulation studies.

Abstract：

:Cell-signaling peptides have been extensively used to transport functional molecules across the plasma membrane into living cells. These peptides consist of a hydrophobic sequence and a cationic nuclear localization sequence (NLS). It has been assumed that the hydrophobic region penetrates the hydrophobic lipid bilayer and delivers the NLS inside the cell. To better understand the transport mechanism of these peptides, in this study, we investigated the structure, orientation, tilt of the peptide relative to the bilayer normal, and the membrane interaction of two cell-signaling peptides, SA and SKP. Results from CD and solid-state NMR experiments combined with molecular dynamics simulations suggest that the hydrophobic region is helical and has a transmembrane orientation with the helical axis tilted away from the bilayer normal. The influence of the hydrophobic mismatch, between the hydrophobic length of the peptide and the hydrophobic thickness of the bilayer, on the tilt angle of the peptides was investigated using thicker POPC and thinner DMPC bilayers. NMR experiments showed that the hydrophobic domain of each peptide has a tilt angle of 15 +/- 3 degrees in POPC, whereas in DMPC, 25 +/- 3 degree and 30 +/- 3 degree tilts were observed for SA and SKP peptides, respectively. These results are in good agreement with molecular dynamics simulations, which predict a tilt angle of 13.3 degrees (SA in POPC), 16.4 degrees (SKP in POPC), 22.3 degrees (SA in DMPC), and 31.7 degrees (SKP in DMPC). These results and simulations on the hydrophobic fragment of SA or SKP suggest that the tilt of helices increases with a decrease in bilayer thickness without changing the phase, order, and structure of the lipid bilayers.

journal_name

Biochemistry

journal_title

Biochemistry

authors

Ramamoorthy A,Kandasamy SK,Lee DK,Kidambi S,Larson RG

doi

10.1021/bi061895g

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-01-30 00:00:00

pages

965-75

issue

eissn

0006-2960

issn

1520-4995

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Structure, topology, and tilt of cell-signaling peptides containing nuclear localization sequences in membrane bilayers determined by solid-state NMR and molecular dynamics simulation studies.