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Selectivity in lipid binding to the bacterial outer membrane protein OmpF.

A H O'Keeffe1, J M East, A G Lee

  • 1Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 7PX, United Kingdom.

Biophysical Journal
|October 12, 2000
PubMed
Summary

The outer membrane porin OmpF interacts with lipids based on fatty acyl chain length. Hydrophobic matching involves lipid bilayer distortion, with protein distortion needed for longer chains.

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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology

Background:

  • The outer membrane porin OmpF from Escherichia coli is a key protein in bacterial membranes.
  • Understanding lipid-protein interactions is crucial for membrane protein function and stability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the interaction of OmpF with lipids of defined composition using fluorescence spectroscopy.
  • To investigate the role of fatty acyl chain length in lipid-protein hydrophobic matching.

Main Methods:

  • Reconstitution of OmpF into lipid bilayers.
  • Fluorescence spectroscopy using tryptophan (Trp) residue fluorescence.
  • Analysis of fluorescence quenching by brominated lipids to determine binding constants.

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Main Results:

  • OmpF is a trimer with Trp residues at lipid-protein and trimer interfaces.
  • Lipid binding affinity is highest for dimyristoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (di(C14:1)PC) and decreases with chain length deviation.
  • Hydrophobic matching involves lipid bilayer distortion for C14-C20 chains and both lipid and protein distortion for chains >C20.

Conclusions:

  • Lipid chain length significantly influences OmpF binding and hydrophobic matching.
  • OmpF exhibits specific lipid preferences, with phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine binding similarly, and phosphatidylglycerol binding less strongly.