title: Molecular belt models for the apolipoprotein A-I Paris and Milano mutations.
abstract: Models for the binding of the 200-residue carboxy-terminal domain of two mutants of apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I), apo A-I(R173C)(Milano) and apo A-I(R151C)(Paris), to lipid in discoidal high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles are presented. In both models, two monomers of the mutant apo A-I molecule bind to lipid in an antiparallel manner, with the long axes of their helical repeats running perpendicular to the normal of the lipid bilayer to form a single disulfide-linked homodimer. The overall structures of the models of these two mutants are very similar, differing only in helix-helix registration. Thus these models are consistent with experimental observations that reconstituted HDL particles containing apo A-I(Milano) and apo A-I(Paris) are very similar in diameter to reconstituted HDL particles containing wild-type apo A-I, and they support the belief that apo A-I binds to lipid in discoidal HDL particles via the belt conformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 USA.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Klon
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Segrest
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D003198:Computer Simulation; D019281:Dimerization; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; C080631:apolipoprotein A-I Milano; C405602:apolipoprotein A-I Paris