Identification of phospholipids as new components that assist in the in vitro trimerization of a bacterial pore protein

被引:24
作者
de Cock, H
Pasveer, M
Tommassen, J
Bouveret, E
机构
[1] Univ Utrecht, Inst Biomembranes, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands
[2] Lab Ingn & Dynam Syst Membranaires, Marseille, France
来源
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY | 2001年 / 268卷 / 03期
关键词
porin; lipopolysaccharide; phospholipid; folding; chaperone;
D O I
10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01975.x
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
The in vitro trimerization of folded monomers of the bacterial pore protein PhoE, into its native-like, heat- and SDS-stable farm requires incubations with isolated cell envelopes and Triton X-100. The possibility that membranes could be isolated that are enriched in assembly factors required for assembly of the pore protein was now investigated. Fractionation of total cell envelopes of Escherichia coli via various techniques indeed revealed the existence of membrane fractions with different capacities to support assembly in vitro. Fractions containing mainly inner membrane vesicles supported the formation of trimers that were associated with these membrane vesicles. However, only a proportion of these trimers were heat- and SDS-stable and these were formed with slow kinetics. In contrast, fractions containing mainly outer membrane vesicles supported formation of high amounts of heat-stable trimers with fast kinetics. We identified phospholipids as active assembly components in these membranes that support trimerization of folded monomers in a process with similar characteristics as observed with inner membrane vesicles. Furthermore, phospholipids strongly stimulate the kinetics of trimerization and increase the final yield of heat-stable trimers in the context of outer membranes. We propose that lipopolysaccharides stabilize the assembly competent state of folded monomers as a lipochaperone. Phospholipids are involved in converting the folded monomer into new assembly competent intermediate with a short half-life that will form heat-stable trimers most efficiently in the context of outer membrane vesicles. These results provide biochemical evidence for the involvement of different lipidic components at distinct stages of the porin assembly process.
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页码:865 / 875
页数:11
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