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    Binding of the GTPase Sar1 to a Lipid Membrane Monolayer: Insertion and Orientation Studied by Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy

    Year: 2017

    Journal: Polymers, Volume 9, NOV

    Authors: Schwieger, Christian; Meister, Annette; Daum, Sebastian; Blume, Alfred; Bacia, Kirsten

    Organizations: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [FOR1145, BL 182/23-1, B.A. 4887/1-1]; BMBF ZIK program [FKZ 03Z2HN21]; ERDF [1241090001]

    Keywords: Sar1; amphipathic helix; COPII; IRRAS; maximal insertion pressure; lipid monolayer

    Membrane-interacting proteins are polyphilic polymers that engage in dynamic protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions while undergoing changes in conformation, orientation and binding interfaces. Predicting the sites of interactions between such polypeptides and phospholipid membranes is still a challenge. One example is the small eukaryotic GTPase Sar1, which functions in phospholipid bilayer remodeling and vesicle formation as part of the multimeric coat protein complex (COPII). The membrane interaction of Sar1 is strongly dependent on its N-terminal 23 amino acids. By monolayer adsorption experiments and infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS), we elucidate the role of lipids in inducing the amphipathicity of this N-terminal stretch, which inserts into the monolayer as an amphipathic helix (AH). The AH inserting angle is determined and is consistent with the philicities and spatial distribution of the amino acid monomers. Using an advanced method of IRRAS data evaluation, the orientation of Sar1 with respect to the lipid layer prior to the recruitment of further COPII proteins is determined. The result indicates that only a slight reorientation of the membrane-bound Sar1 is needed to allow coat assembly. The time-course of the IRRAS analysis corroborates a role of slow GTP hydrolysis in Sar1 desorption from the membrane.
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