title: [Study of lipid-protein interactions in mitochondrial membranes using the intrinsic fluorescence of tryptophan].
abstract: The environment of membrane-bound proteins has been investigated by measuring the fluorescence of intrinsic tryptophans in intact bovine heart mitochondria, in lipid-depleted mitochondria, and in reconstituted mitochondria. Lipid depletion induces a strong decrease of fluorescence intensity, probably as the result of extraction of peripheral proteins by the solvents used. Comparison of lipid-depleted and lipid-reconstituted mitochondria shows a higher fluorescence in the lipid-depleted membranes; in an Arrhenius plot the fluorescence intensity shows two breaks in the lipid-depleted membranes, but no break in the reconstituted ones. Butanol has little effect on fluorescence intensity of intact mitochondria. The results are compatible with a constant lipid environment of integral proteins which is not modified by either temperature or organic solvents.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000440:Butanols / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014364:Tryptophan
chemical_list: D000440:Butanols; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D014364:Tryptophan
vernacular_title: Studio delle interazioni lipidi-proteine in membrane mitocondriali mediante l'uso della fluorescenza intrinseca del triptofano.