Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins

The primary goal of our work is to provide structural insights into the influence of the hydrophobic lipid environment on the membrane proteins (MPs) structure and function. Our work will not cover the well-studied hydrophobic mismatch between the lipid bilayer and MPs. Instead, we will focus on the...

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Main Authors: S. Bukhdruker, I. Melnikov, C. Baeken, T. Balandin, V. Gordeliy
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-11-01
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description The primary goal of our work is to provide structural insights into the influence of the hydrophobic lipid environment on the membrane proteins (MPs) structure and function. Our work will not cover the well-studied hydrophobic mismatch between the lipid bilayer and MPs. Instead, we will focus on the less-studied direct molecular interactions of lipids with the hydrophobic surfaces of MPs. To visualize the first layer of amphiphiles surrounding MPs and analyze their interaction with the proteins, we use the available highest-quality crystallographic structures of microbial rhodopsins. The results of the structure-based analysis allowed us to formulate the hypothetical concept of the role of the nearest layer of the lipids as an integral part of the MPs that are important for their structure and function. We then discuss how the lipid-MPs interaction is influenced by exogenous hydrophobic molecules, noble gases, which can compete with lipids for the surface of MPs and can be used in the systematic approach to verify the proposed concept experimentally. Finally, we raise the problems of currently available structural data that should be overcome to obtain a more profound picture of the lipid-MP interactions.
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spelling doaj-art-0d1c9b47b1f54edabeabcf8eb4ac0add2024-11-13T09:05:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences2296-889X2024-11-011110.3389/fmolb.2024.15037091503709Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsinsS. Bukhdruker0I. Melnikov1C. Baeken2C. Baeken3T. Balandin4T. Balandin5V. Gordeliy6Institut de Biologie Structurale J.-P. Ebel, Université Grenoble Alpes-CEA-CNRS, Grenoble, FranceStructural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, FranceInstitute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, GermanyJuStruct: Jülich Center for Structural Biology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, GermanyInstitute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, GermanyJuStruct: Jülich Center for Structural Biology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, GermanyInstitut de Biologie Structurale J.-P. Ebel, Université Grenoble Alpes-CEA-CNRS, Grenoble, FranceThe primary goal of our work is to provide structural insights into the influence of the hydrophobic lipid environment on the membrane proteins (MPs) structure and function. Our work will not cover the well-studied hydrophobic mismatch between the lipid bilayer and MPs. Instead, we will focus on the less-studied direct molecular interactions of lipids with the hydrophobic surfaces of MPs. To visualize the first layer of amphiphiles surrounding MPs and analyze their interaction with the proteins, we use the available highest-quality crystallographic structures of microbial rhodopsins. The results of the structure-based analysis allowed us to formulate the hypothetical concept of the role of the nearest layer of the lipids as an integral part of the MPs that are important for their structure and function. We then discuss how the lipid-MPs interaction is influenced by exogenous hydrophobic molecules, noble gases, which can compete with lipids for the surface of MPs and can be used in the systematic approach to verify the proposed concept experimentally. Finally, we raise the problems of currently available structural data that should be overcome to obtain a more profound picture of the lipid-MP interactions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2024.1503709/fullmembrane proteinsX-ray crystallographyannular lipidsdetergentlipid cubic phasebicelles
spellingShingle S. Bukhdruker
I. Melnikov
C. Baeken
C. Baeken
T. Balandin
T. Balandin
V. Gordeliy
Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
membrane proteins
X-ray crystallography
annular lipids
detergent
lipid cubic phase
bicelles
title Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins
title_full Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins
title_fullStr Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins
title_full_unstemmed Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins
title_short Crystallographic insights into lipid-membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins
title_sort crystallographic insights into lipid membrane protein interactions in microbial rhodopsins
topic membrane proteins
X-ray crystallography
annular lipids
detergent
lipid cubic phase
bicelles
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2024.1503709/full
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