Structure of β-Purothionin in Membranes: A Two-Dimensional Infrared Correlation Spectroscopy Study
- 10 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 44 (1), 52-61
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi048443t
Abstract
Two-dimensional infrared correlation spectroscopy has been used to investigate the structure of ‚-purothionin, a small basic protein found in the endosperm of wheat seeds, in the absence and presence of dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (DMPG) membranes. To generate the two-dimensional synchronous and asynchronous maps, hydrogen-deuterium exchange of the protein amide protons has been used as an external perturbation. This method has allowed us to separate the different secondary structure elements and side chain contributions in the regions of amide I, II, and IIbands to determine that the relative order of deuteration of the ‚-purothionin protons is as follows: turns, asparagines, and lysines > unordered structure and tyrosine > ‚-sheet >R -helices and arginines. The results also indicate that the protein undergoes significant changes both in secondary structure and in deuteration in the presence of DMPG bilayers. The helical content of ‚-purothionin is higher in the presence of the lipid, and the relative order of deuteration is as follows: lysines and arginines > asparagines and ‚-sheet > unordered structure and R-helices. The inversion in the deuteration order of the arginine residues is assigned to a change of the degree of association of the protein in the membrane. In addition, the results reveal that the part of the protein containing the tyrosine residue interacts with the lipid membrane. Our results combined with those previously published suggest that the toxicity of ‚-purothionin is more associated with the formation of functional channels in cell membranes rather than with a lytic phenomenon.Keywords
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