缬氨霉素以及膜电位对菌紫质分子在脂质囊泡膜中运动的影响

用瞬间二向色性方法测量了菌紫质分子在DMPC脂质囊泡膜中的旋转扩散运动.观察了缬氨霉素和膜电位对菌紫质分子旋转扩散运动的影响.在低脂与蛋白比例时,缬氨霉素明显影响菌紫质分子的旋转扩散运动,在高脂与蛋白比例时,缬氨霉素对菌紫质分子的旋转扩散动的影响不明显.无论在高的或低的脂与蛋白比例下,膜电位都影响到菌紫质分子的旋转扩散运动.     

切割菌紫质分子C端多肽对脂质泡中菌紫质分子在膜中旋转运动的影响

本实验用闪光诱导的瞬间二向色性方法分别测量了重组在DMPC脂质泡中的菌紫质分子和用木瓜蛋白酶切割C端多肽的菌紫质分子的旋转扩散运动。酶切的菌紫质分子与原菌紫质分子相比 前者旋转扩散运动加快,不可动分子的比例下降。在蜂毒或乙酰蜂毒存在下,酶切的菌紫质分子旋转扩散运动也受到较少的阻碍     

pH对菌紫质分子的旋转运动和光电响应的影响

用闪光诱导瞬间二向色性方法测量了不同pH条件下的菌紫质分子在脂质囊泡中的旋转扩散运动.在人工平扳膜(BLM)系统中测量了不同pH条件下菌紫质分子的光电响应.在pH3至8.3的范围内没有明显观察到菌紫质分子在膜中旋转运动上的差别.pH低于3时,菌紫质分子旋转运动受到影响;pH高于11时,观察不到旋转扩散运动.在BLM系统中测量了pH2到pH11范围内菌紫质分子的光电响应信号,随着pH的增加,无论紫膜碎片还是单体菌紫质分子的光电响应逐渐由照光后快速正信号并快速衰减及撤光时的快速负信号并逐渐衰减变成慢的正信号.pH高于9.4时,单体菌紫质分子的光电响应信号由正变负,pH高于11时,观察不到信号.     

温度及膜中蛋白质含量与膜粘度和膜中分子排列方向的关系

本实验用闪光诱导的瞬间二向色性方法测量了不同温度以及不同蛋白质含量下菌紫质分子在脂质囊泡膜中的旋转扩散运动.根据旋转扩散运动得到了温度和蛋白质含量与膜粘度以及分子在膜中排列方向的关系.温度和蛋白质的含量都影响膜的粘度,但并不影响蛋白质分子在膜中的排列方向.     

温度及膜中蛋白质含量与膜粘度和膜中分子排列方向的关系

本实验用闪光诱导的瞬间二向色性方法测量了不同温度以及不同蛋白质含量下菌紫质分子在脂质囊泡膜中的旋转扩散运动.根据旋转扩散运动得到了温度和蛋白质含量与膜粘度以及分子在膜中排列方向的关系.温度和蛋白质的含量都影响膜的粘度,但并不影响蛋白质分子在膜中的排列方向.     

脂质泡中的菌紫质旋转运动的介质依赖性

用闪光诱导瞬间二向色性方法测量了蔗糖和甘油对菌紫质（ＢＲ）分子在脂质泡中的旋转扩散运动的影响。结果表明脂质囊泡本身在悬浮液中的运动并不会影响ＢＲ分子在膜中的旋转运动的测量。蔗糖和甘油对ＢＲ旋转运动的影响在相变温度以上和相变温度以下是不同的,相变温度以下的主要作用是相分离,使运动减慢,相变温度以上的作用可能是脂的分散,使运动加快。     

温度对脂质囊泡中单体菌紫质分子结构和光电响应的影响

本实验用人工双分子平板膜系统(BLM)测量了紫膜碎片和在DMPC脂质襄泡膜中的单体菌紫质分子的光电响应以及与温度的关系(处理温度17℃至31℃).温度对紫膜碎片的光电响应影响不大,但对单体菌紫质分子的光电响应有明显影响.用园二色(CD)方法相应地观察了温度对紫膜碎片和单体菌紫质分子在可见波长范围内的CD谱的影响 同样观察到温度对单体菌紫质分子的CD谱有明显影响.两者的影响很可能与脂质襄泡中DMPC的相变温度有关.     

菌紫质研究的新进展

菌紫质(BR)是嗜盐菌紫膜中的唯一蛋白质,野生型的BR分子含有248个氨基酸残基,其中一个视黄醛通过希夫碱基连结在第216位赖氨酸上,它具有质子泵的功能．光照下,BR进行光循环,光循环又与质子泵过程相关联．菌紫质的结构和功能方面的研究已有很大进展,但其光循环途径和质子泵的机理还不太清楚．文章概述了近年来对菌紫质结构,光循环和质子泵机理研究的进展,尤其对争论较大的菌紫质光循环途径的四类模型作了较详细的介绍．     

温度对菌紫质结构转变的影响

测量了不同温度下菌紫质的紫外—可见及红外吸收光谱,比较天然与变性菌紫质的吸附等温线。证明菌紫质在80℃前的可逆结构转变表现为结晶晶格协同效应降低,部分芳香族氨基酸显露,蛋白质构象的微小变化使视黄醛微环境改变。100℃引起的结构改变为不可逆,此时菌紫质三、四级结构解体,分子链展开并重聚,二级结构也发生变化,出现β结构,同时还保留部出α-螺旋,视黄醛全部游离。并就菌紫质的高热稳定性能做了讨论。     

山莨菪碱对紫膜中菌紫质结构的影响及其与膜脂的关系

本文用吸收光谱和可见圆二色谱研究了不同浓度的山莨菪碱对紫膜中菌紫质结构的影响,并设计了用不同浓度的去垢剂Triton X-100作为脂环境的扰动剂,研究山莨菪碱对菌紫质的影响与膜脂关系的实验.结果表明山莨菪碱不仅影响菌紫质分子本身的构象变化而且扰动了菌紫质分子之间的激子偶联作用.通过吸收差光谱技术表明山莨菪碱对菌紫质结构的影响与膜脂密切相关并指出紫膜中菌紫质的三体结构对膜功能的贡献是不容忽视的.     

A eukaryotic protein, NOP-1, binds retinal to form an archaeal rhodopsin-like photochemically reactive pigment

The nop-1 gene from Neurospora crassa is predicted to encode a seven-helix protein exhibiting conservation with the rhodopsins of the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum. In the work presented here we have expressed this gene heterologously in the yeast Pichia pastoris, obtaining a relatively high yield of 2.2 mg of NOP-1 protein/L of cell culture. The expressed protein is membrane-associated and forms with all-trans retinal a visible light-absorbing pigment with a 534 nm absorption maximum and approximately 100 nm half-bandwidth typical of retinylidene protein absorption spectra. Its lambda(max) indicates a protonated Schiff base linkage of the retinal. Laser flash kinetic spectroscopy demonstrates that the retinal-reconstituted pigment undergoes a photochemical reaction cycle with a near-UV-absorbing intermediate that is similar to the M intermediates produced by transient Schiff base deprotonation of the chromophore in the photocycles of bacteriorhodopsin and sensory rhodopsins I and II. The slow photocycle (seconds) and long-lived intermediates (M and O) are most similar to those of the phototaxis receptor sensory rhodopsin II. The results demonstrate a photochemically reactive member of the archaeal rhodopsin family in a eukaryotic cell.     

Isomeric composition of retinal chromophore in dark-adapted bacteriorhodopsin

1. Retinal isomers extracted from the acid-hydrolysate of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-treated dark-adapted bacteriorhodopsin (bRD) were analyzed in a high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) system. The extract from bRD contains almost equal molar amounts of both 13-cis retinal and all-trans retinal isomers. The extent of isomerization and the yield of both isomers during the isolation process were investigated by the application of the same extraction procedure to artificial bacteriorhodopsin reconstituted with 13-cis retinal isomer (13-cis bacteriorhodopsin) and also to light-adapted bacteriorhodopsin (bRL) which has been shown to contain only the all-trans isomer (all-trans bacteriorhodopsin). 2. A reconstituted bacteriorhodopsin, which had been prepared from apo-bacteriorhodopsin and an equimolar mixture of both 13-cis retinal and all-trans retinal isomers, showed an absorption spectrum having the same maximum wavelength as that of bRD even at the beginning of the reconstitution process. 3. Analysis of the photosteady states of bRD at -190 degrees C revealed that it was composed of two different species, one having 13-cis retinal and the other having all-trans retinal isomers in approximately equal molar amounts. These two also gave their respective photoproducts. 4. From these results it can be concluded that bRD contains both 13-cis retinal and all-trans retinal isomers in nearly equal molar amounts as its chromophore.     

Met-145 is a key residue in the dark adaptation of bacteriorhodopsin homologs.

Composition of retinal isomers in three proton pumps (bacteriorhodopsin, archaerhodopsin-1, and archaerhodopsin-2) was determined by high performance liquid chromatography in their light-adapted and dark-adapted states. In the light-adapted state, more than 95% of the retinal in all three proton pumps were in the all-trans configuration. In the dark-adapted state, there were only two retinal isomers, all-trans and 13-cis, in the ratio of all-trans: 13-cis = 1:2 for bacteriorhodopsin, 1:1 for archaerhodopsin-1, and 3:1 for archaerhodopsin-2. The difference in the final isomer ratios in the dark-adapted bacteriorhodopsin and archaerhodopsin-2 was ascribed to the methionine-145 in bacteriorhodopsin. This is the only amino acid in the retinal pocket that is substituted by phenylalanine in archaerhodopsin-2. The bacteriorhodopsin point-mutated at this position to phenylalanine dramatically altered the final isomer ratio from 1:2 to 3:1 in the dark-adapted state. This point mutation also caused a 10 nm blue-shift of the adsorption spectrum, which is similar to the shift of archaerhodopsin-2 relative to the spectra of bacteriorhodopsin and archaerhodopsin-1.     

Effects of light adaptation on the purple membrane structure of Halobacterium halobium.

Absorption, circular dichroism and optical rotatory dispersion of the bacteriorhodopsin containing purple membrane form Halobacterium halobium were studied in regard to the structural stability of this membrane during the photoisomerization of the retinal of the bacteriorhodopsin from the 13-cis to the all-trans configuration. The following conclusions were reached: (a) the macromolecular structure (protein-protein interaction which may result in the possible exciton interaction of the retinal pi-pi* (NV1) transition moments and protein-lipid interaction) are not significantly altered, (b) possibilities of delocalized conformation changes of the apoprotein involving secondary and/or tertiary structure can be ruled out, (c) localized secondary structure conformation changes of the apoprotein must be limited to the involvement of no more than one or two amino acid residues and localized tertiary structure conformation changes of the apoprotein must be limited to a very short segment of the protein chain containing only a few aromatic amino acid residues, and (d) the interaction between the apoprotein and retinal seems to be relatively more pronounced when the retinal is in the all-trans form than the 13-cis from and also the apoprotein seems to impose a more pronounced dissymmetric constraint on the retinal in the all-trans form than in the 13-cis form.