Incorporation of a synthetic mitochondrial signal peptide into charged and uncharged phospholipid monolayers
- 18 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 25 (23), 7470-7476
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00371a032
Abstract
The interaction of the chemically synthesized 25-residue signal peptide of subunit IV of yeast cytochrome c oxidase with synthetic and natural phospholipids was studied by using a monolayer technique. Incorporation of the peptide into phospholipid monolayers was measured as surface area increase at constant surface pressure. The peptide was readily soluble in aqueous buffer, yet spontaneously inserted from an aqueous subphase into phospholipid monolayers up to limiting pressures of 30-40 mN/m. The incorporation of the positively charged peptide was strongly enhanced by the presence of negatively charged phospholipids. The molecular area of the signal peptide in monolayers was determined with a 14C-labeled signal peptide and was 560 .+-. 170 .ANG.2. This is consistent with a 25-residue .alpha.-helical peptide incorporating with its long axis parallel to the plane of the monolayer. Incorporation isotherms into synthetic phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylglycerol monolayers at different charge densities were analyzed in terms of a simple incorporation/binding model, involving (i) partitioning of the peptide into the monolayer and (ii) an in-plane binding reaction of the negatively charged phospholipids to the partitioned peptide.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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