Membrane-insertion fragments of Bcl-xL, Bax, and Bid

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García-Sáez, AJ
Mingarro, I
Pérez-Payá, E
Salgado, J
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[1] Univ Valencia, Dept Bioquim & Biol Mol, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
[2] CSIC, FVIB, Valencia, Spain
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10.1021/bi036044c
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Apoptosis regulators of the Bcl-2 family associate with intracellular membranes from mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum, where they perform their function. The activity of these proteins is related to the release of apoptogenic factors, sequestered in the mitochondria, to the cytoplasm, probably through the formation of ion and/or protein transport channels. Most of these proteins contain a C-terminal putative transmembrane (TM) fragment and a pair of hydrophobic alpha helices (alpha5-alpha6) similar to the membrane insertion fragments of the ion-channel domain of diphtheria toxin and colicins. Here, we report on the membrane-insertion properties of different segments from antiapoptotic Bcl-x(L) and proapoptotic Bax and Bid, that correspond to defined alpha helices in the structure of their soluble forms. According to prediction methods, there are only two putative TM fragments in Bcl-x(L) and Bax (the C-terminal alpha helix and alpha-helix 5) and one in activated tBid (alpha-helix 6). The rest of their sequence, including the second helix of the pore-forming domain, displays only weak hydrophobic peaks, which are below the prediction threshold. Subsequent analysis by glycosylation mapping of single alpha-helix segments in a model chimeric system confirms the above predictions and allows finding an extra TM fragment made of helix alpha1 of Bax. Surprisingly, the amphipathic helices alpha6 of Bcl-x(L) and Bax and alpha7 of Bid do insert in membranes only as part of the alpha5-alpha6 (Bcl-x(L) and Bax) or alpha6-alpha7 (Bid) hairpins but not when assayed individually. This behavior suggests a synergistic insertion and folding of the two helices of the hairpin that could be due to charge complementarity and additional stability provided by turn-inducing residues present at the interhelical region. Although these data come from chimeric systems, they show direct potentiality for acquiring a membrane inserted state. Thus, the above fragments should be considered for the definition of plausible models of the active, membrane-bound species of Bcl-2 proteins.
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