Volume 129, Issue 5 pp. 1289-1292
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Dipolar Relaxation Dynamics at the Active Site of an ATPase Regulated by Membrane Lateral Pressure

Elisabeth Fischermeier

Elisabeth Fischermeier

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany

Technische Universität Dresden, Biotechnology Center, Tatzberg 47-49, 01307, Dresden, Germany

Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

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Petr Pospíšil

Petr Pospíšil

J. Heyrovský Inst. Physical Chemistry of the A.S.C.R. v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

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Ahmed Sayed

Ahmed Sayed

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany

Technische Universität Dresden, Biotechnology Center, Tatzberg 47-49, 01307, Dresden, Germany

Institute for Experimental Physics I, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

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Martin Hof

Martin Hof

J. Heyrovský Inst. Physical Chemistry of the A.S.C.R. v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

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Marc Solioz

Marc Solioz

University of Bern, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology, Murtenstrasse 35, 3008 Bern, Switzerland

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Karim Fahmy

Corresponding Author

Karim Fahmy

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany

Technische Universität Dresden, Biotechnology Center, Tatzberg 47-49, 01307, Dresden, Germany

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First published: 27 December 2016
Citations: 3

Abstract

The active transport of ions across biological membranes requires their hydration shell to interact with the interior of membrane proteins. However, the influence of the external lipid phase on internal dielectric dynamics is hard to access by experiment. Using the octahelical transmembrane architecture of the copper-transporting P1B-type ATPase from Legionella pneumophila as a model structure, we have established the site-specific labeling of internal cysteines with a polarity-sensitive fluorophore. This enabled dipolar relaxation studies in a solubilized form of the protein and in its lipid-embedded state in nanodiscs. Time-dependent fluorescence shifts revealed the site-specific hydration and dipole mobility around the conserved ion-binding motif. The spatial distribution of both features is shaped significantly and independently of each other by membrane lateral pressure.

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