Membrane-bound structure and alignment of the antimicrobial β-sheet peptide gramicidin S derived from angular and distance constraints by solid state 19F-NMR
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Biomolecular NMR
- Vol. 21 (3), 191-208
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1012946026231
Abstract
The antimicrobial properties of the cyclic β-sheet peptide gramicidin S are attributed to its destabilizing effect on lipid membranes. Here we present the membrane-bound structure and alignment of a derivative of this peptide, based on angular and distance constraints. Solid-state 19F-NMR was used to study a 19F-labelled gramicidin S analogue in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers at a lipid:peptide ratio of 80:1 and above. Two equivalent leucine side chains were replaced by the non-natural amino acid 4F-phenylglycine, which serves as a highly sensitive reporter on the structure and dynamics of the peptide backbone. Using a modified CPMG multipulse sequence, the distance between the two 19F-labels was measured from their homonuclear dipolar coupling as 6 Å, in good agreement with the known backbone structure of natural gramicidin S in solution. By analyzing the anisotropic chemical shift of the 19F-labels in macroscopically oriented membrane samples, we determined the alignment of the peptide in the bilayer and described its temperature-dependent mobility. In the gel phase, the 19F-labelled gramicidin S is aligned symmetrically with respect to the membrane normal, i.e., with its cyclic β-sheet backbone lying flat in the plane of the bilayer, which is fully consistent with its amphiphilic character. Upon raising the temperature to the liquid crystalline state, a considerable narrowing of the 19F-NMR chemical shift dispersion is observed, which is attributed the onset of global rotation of the peptide and further wobbling motions. This study demonstrates the potential of the 19F nucleus to describe suitably labelled polypeptides in membranes, requiring only little material and short NMR acquisition times.Keywords
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