title: Orientational behavior of phospholipid membranes with mastoparan studied by 31P solid state NMR.
abstract: Solid state 31P NMR spectroscopy was used to study the perturbing effect of the wasp venom peptide mastoparan (MP) on lipid bilayers composed of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (DMPG). The 31P chemical shift anisotropy of multilamellar vesicles decreased with increasing peptide concentration, indicating that MP interacts strongly and selectively with the charged DMPG head group. Macroscopically oriented MP-lipid samples between glass plates were studied by 31P NMR as a function of tilt angle. These spectra showed the coexistence of orientation-dependent lamellar signals as well as an isotropic peak, suggesting that MP can induce non-lamellar phases in DMPC/DMPG membranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niidome
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asakura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000737:chemistry; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010455:Peptides; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000737:chemistry; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000737:chemistry; D014862:Wasp Venoms / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010455:Peptides; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D014862:Wasp Venoms; D010758:Phosphorus; C037500:mastoparan; C002773:dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine