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A Fluorescence-based Assay of Phospholipid Scramblase Activity
Published on: September 20, 2016
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通过TMEM16蛋白质进行封闭槽混杂的结构基础
Zhang Feng1, Omar E Alvarenga2, Alessio Accardi1,3,4
1Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|August 23, 2023
概括
取决于的TMEM16scramblases将脂质移动到细胞表面. 这项研究可视化了这些蛋白质如何打开和移动脂质,揭示了关键的结构变化和脂质相互作用.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- TMEM16scramblases是激活的离子通道,对于膜脂质运输至关重要.
- 通过TMEM16scramblases的脂胺外化在细胞信号传递中起着至关重要的作用.
- 现有的模型建议通过在水友槽附近的膜变形来进行脂质杂乱.
研究的目的:
- 阐明TMEM16杂酶激活和脂质杂的分子机制.
- 为了可视化结TMEM16.16的闭槽的脂蛋白相互作用.
- 为了识别槽打开过程中的结构重排以及它们的功能意义.
主要方法:
- 低温电子显微镜 (cryoEM) 结合的nhTMEM16在纳米盘中.
- 功能性脂质杂乱试验. 功能性脂质杂乱试验.
- 脂质蛋白相互作用部位的结构功能分析.
主要成果:
- 直接可视化脂质与Ca2+结合的nhTMEM16.16封闭槽的结合.
- 确定关键的脂质-蛋白质相互作用点,用于闭槽混杂.
- 槽开放的结构和功能证据,涉及TM6螺旋中两个pi-helical转的连续形成.
- 证明支架蛋白和脂质影响nhTMEM16形状和冷EM结构的确定.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了前所未有的结构性洞察力,了解TMEM16scramblase激活和脂质运输的机制.
- 在TM6螺旋中的关键分子重新排列被确定为槽打开和混的关键.
- 脚手架的蛋白质和脂质组成显著影响TMEM16的结构和功能,这是冷EM研究的关键考虑因素.
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