THERMODYNAMICS OF LIPID-PROTEIN ASSOCIATION AND THE ACTIVATION OF LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE BY SYNTHETIC MODEL APOLIPOPEPTIDES

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POWNALL, HJ [1 ]
GOTTO, AM [1 ]
SPARROW, JT [1 ]
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[1] METHODIST HOSP, HOUSTON, TX 77030 USA
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10.1016/0005-2760(84)90316-3
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Three lipid-associating peptides of 16, 20 and 24 residues (LAP-16, -20, -24, respectively) were synthesized and their affinities for the synthetic lipid, dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and their activation of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT; EC 2.3.1.43) were measured. All three, to varying degrees, have many of the physical properties of native apolipoproteins; these include the spontaneous association with DMPC with a concomitant increase in their helical content and transfer of their hydrophobic amino acid residues from the aqueous phase to the less-polar lipid phase. The free energy of association with DMPC, .DELTA.Ga, decreases in the order LAP-24 > LAP-20 > LAP-16. Salts such as NaCl increase the lipid-peptide association but guanidine hydrochloride decreases it. The association may be largely hydrophobic. LAP-24 self-associates but this process does not compete effectively with the lipid-peptide association. All 3 peptides activate LCAT if they are associated with the substrate.
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