title: Lipid-protein nanodiscs as reference medium in detergent screening for high-resolution NMR studies of integral membrane proteins.
abstract: The choice of a suitable detergent-based membrane mimetic is of crucial importance for high-resolution NMR studies of membrane proteins. The present report describes a new approach of detergent screening. It is based on the comparison of 2D (1)H,(15)N-correlation spectra of a protein in a membrane-bilayer "reference" medium and in "trial" detergent-based environments. The proposed "reference" medium is the lipid-protein nanodisc (LPN) representing nanoscale phospholipid bilayers wrapped around by apolipoprotein A-1. The set of zwitterionic (DPC, DMPC/DHPC), anionic (SDS, LMPG, LPPG), and weakly cationic (LDAO) detergent-based media was screened for their ability to represent the native structure of the isolated voltage-sensing domain (VSD) of the archaeal potassium channel KvAP. The VSD/LPN complexes composed of saturated zwitterionic (DMPC), anionic (DMPG), or a mixture of unsaturated differently charged (POPC/DOPG, 3:1) lipids were used as reference. All assayed detergent media demonstrate similar CD spectra of the domain with a high level (approximately 60%) of overall helicity but different 2D NMR spectra. Using the reference spectrum of the VSD in LPN, we were able to choose the detergent composition in which the membrane-like structure of the VSD is preserved.
authors.affiliation: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya str., 117997 Moscow, Russia. zh@nmr.ru
authors.forename: Zakhar O
authors.initials: ZO
authors.lastname: Shenkarev
authors.forename: Ekaterina N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Lyukmanova
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Paramonov
authors.forename: Lyudmila N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Shingarova
authors.forename: Vladimir V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Chupin
authors.forename: Mikhail P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kirpichnikov
authors.forename: Marcel J J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blommers
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Arseniev
mesh_terms: D041522:Aeropyrum; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D003902:Detergents; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D036103:Nanotechnology; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D003902:Detergents; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels