title: Protein heat denaturation and study of membrane lipid-protein interactions by spin label ESR.
abstract: Spinach chloroplast membranes labelled with stearic acid-spin probe-bearing nitroxyl (label) moiety at 5th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th or 16th carbon locations with respect to the carboxylic group of stearic acid were studied (in the dark) by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. Spectra were recorded at sample temperatures of 5, 30 and 67 degrees C. After heat denaturation of the membrane proteins for 5 min at 67 degrees C, the spectra were re-recorded at 30 and 5 degrees C for comparison. The results unequivocally show that membrane lipid fatty-acyl chains become substantially more rigid after protein heat-denaturation. The data throw light on the degree of lipid-protein interactions at various microlocations along the length of fatty-acyl chains of the membrane lipid matrix.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: YashRoy
mesh_terms: D002736:Chloroplasts; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011489:Protein Denaturation / Q000502:physiology; D013113:Spin Labels; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D013113:Spin Labels; D013229:Stearic Acids; C031183:stearic acid