Spin-label studies on the anchoring and lipid-protein interactions of avidin with N-biotinylphosphatidylethanolamines in lipid bilayer membranes

Swamy, Musti J. ; Marsh, Derek (1997) Spin-label studies on the anchoring and lipid-protein interactions of avidin with N-biotinylphosphatidylethanolamines in lipid bilayer membranes Biochemistry, 36 (24). pp. 7403-7407. ISSN 0006-2960

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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi9631529

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Abstract

The specific binding of hen egg white avidin to phosphatidylcholine lipid membranes containing spin-labeled N-biotinylphosphatidylethanolamines (biotin-PESLs) was investigated by using ESR spectroscopy. Spin-labeled biotin-PEs were prepared with the nitroxide group at position C-5, C-8, C-10, C-12, or C-14 of the sn-2 chain and were incorporated at 1 mol % in lipid bilayer membranes of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine. Binding of avidin produced a strong and selective restriction of the biotin-PE lipid mobility at all positions of chain labeling, as shown by the ESR spectra recorded in the fluid lipid phase. The spectral components of the fraction of the biotin-PESLs that were not complexed by avidin indicated that the mobility of the bulk membrane lipids was unperturbed by binding avidin, as demonstrated by difference spectroscopy. Comparison of the positional profiles and temperature dependences of the outer hyperfine splittings from the biotin-PESLs suggests that the C-12 and C-14 positions of the avidin-bound biotin-PEs are in register with the C-5 and C-7/C-6 positions, respectively, of the chains of the bulk membrane lipids. This indicates that the biotin-PEs are partially withdrawn from the membrane, with a vertical displacement of ca. 7-8 Å, on complexation with avidin. In addition, the specific lipid-protein interaction with avidin results in a selective reduction in the rates of lipid chain motion, as shown by the increased ESR line widths. These data define the way in which avidin is anchored to lipid membranes containing biotin-PEs.

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