title: Structure of apolipophorin-III in discoidal lipoproteins. Interhelical distances in the lipid-bound state and conformational change upon binding to lipid.
abstract: The structure of apolipophorin III in the lipid-bound state and the extent of the conformational change that takes place when the five-helix bundle apolipoprotein binds to a lipoprotein lipid surface were investigated by fluorescence resonance energy transfer in discoidal lipoproteins. Four intramolecular interhelical distances between helix pairs 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, and 5-4 were estimated by fluorescence resonance energy transfer in both the lipid-free and the lipid-bound states. Depending on the helices pairs, the intramolecular interhelical distances increased between 15 and > or = 20 A upon binding of the apolipoprotein to lipid, demonstrating for the first time that binding to lipid is accompanied by a major change in interhelical distances. Using discoidal lipoproteins made with a combination of apolipophorin III molecules containing donor and acceptor groups and apolipophorin III molecules containing neither donor nor acceptor groups, it was possible to obtain information about intermolecular interhelical distances between the helix 4 of one apolipoprotein and the helices 1, 2, 3, and 5 of a second apolipoprotein residing in the same discoidal lipoprotein. Altogether, the estimated intermolecular and intramolecular interhelical distances suggest a model in which the apolipoprotein arranges in pairs of antiparallel and fully extended polypeptide chains surrounding the periphery of the bilayer disc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA.
authors.forename: Horacio A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Garda
authors.forename: Estela L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Arrese
authors.forename: Jose L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Soulages
mesh_terms: D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004735:Energy Transfer; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids; C042470:apolipophorin III; D003545:Cysteine