Thermodynamics of Melittin Binding to Lipid Bilayers. Aggregation and Pore Formation

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作者
Klocek, Gabriela [1 ]
Schulthess, Therese [1 ]
Shai, Yechiel [2 ]
Seelig, Joachim [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Basel, Bioctr, Dept Biophys Chem, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
[2] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Biol Chem, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
BETA-SHEET TRANSITION; PEPTIDE-MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS; MAGAININ; AMIDE; AMPHIPATHIC PEPTIDES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE MEMBRANES; CIRCULAR-DICHROISM; SELF-ASSOCIATION; HELIX FORMATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; ENVIRONMENT;
D O I
10.1021/bi802127h
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Lipid membranes act as catalysts for protein folding. Both alpha-helical and beta-sheet structures can be induced by the interaction of peptides or proteins with lipid surfaces. Melittin, the main component of bee venom, is a particularly well-studied example for the membrane-induced random coil-to-alpha-helix transition. Melittin in water adopts essentially a random coil conformation. The cationic amphipathic molecule has a high affinity for neutral and anionic lipid membranes and exhibits similar to 50-65% alpha-helix conformation in the membrane-bound state. At higher melittin concentrations, the peptide forms aggregates or pores in the membrane. In spite of the long-standing interest in melittin-lipid interactions, no systematic thermodynamic study is available. This is probably caused by the complexity of the binding process. Melittin binding to lipid vesicles is fast and occurs within milliseconds, but the binding process involves at least four steps, namely, (i) the electrostatic attraction of the cationic peptide to an anionic membrane surface, (ii) the hydrophobic insertion into the lipid membrane, (iii) the conformational change from random coil to alpha-helix, and (iv) peptide aggregation in the lipid phase. We have combined microelectrophoresis (measurement of the zeta potential), isothermal titration calorimetry, and circular dichroism spectroscopy to provide a thermodynamic analysis of the individual binding steps. We have compared melittin with a synthetic analogue, [D]-V-5,V-8,I-17,K-21-melittin, for which alpha-helix formation is suppressed and replaced by beta-structure formation. The comparison reveals that the thermodynamic parameters for the membrane-induced alpha-helix formation of melittin are identical to those observed earlier for other peptides with an enthalpy h(helix) of -0.7 kcal/mol and a free energy g(helix) of -0.2 kcal/mol per peptide residue. These thermodynamic parameters hence appear to be of general validity for lipid-induced membrane folding. As g(helix) is negative, it further follows that helix formation leads to an enhanced membrane binding for the peptides or proteins involved. In this study, melittin binds by similar to 2 orders of magnitude better to the lipid membrane than [D]-V-5.8,I-17,K-21-melittin which cannot form an alpha-helix. We also found conditions under which the isothermal titration experiment reports only the aggregation process. Melittin aggregation is an entropy-driven process with an endothermic heat of reaction (Delta H-agg) of similar to 2 kcal/mol and an aggregation constant of 20-40 M-1.
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页码:2586 / 2596
页数:11
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