Concentration-dependent realignment of the antimicrobial peptide PGLa in lipid membranes observed by solid-state 19F-NMR |
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Authors: | Glaser Ralf W Sachse Carsten Dürr Ulrich H N Wadhwani Parvesh Afonin Sergii Strandberg Erik Ulrich Anne S |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Jena, Jena, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The membrane-disruptive antimicrobial peptide PGLa is found to change its orientation in a dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine bilayer when its concentration is increased to biologically active levels. The alignment of the alpha-helix was determined by highly sensitive solid-state NMR measurements of (19)F dipolar couplings on CF(3)-labeled side chains, and supported by a nonperturbing (15)N label. At a low peptide/lipid ratio of 1:200 the amphiphilic peptide resides on the membrane surface in the so-called S-state, as expected. However, at high peptide concentration (>/=1:50 molar ratio) the helix axis changes its tilt angle from approximately 90 degrees to approximately 120 degrees , with the C-terminus pointing toward the bilayer interior. This tilted "T-state" represents a novel feature of antimicrobial peptides, which is distinct from a membrane-inserted I-state. At intermediate concentration, PGLa is in exchange between the S- and T-state in the timescale of the NMR experiment. In both states the peptide molecules undergo fast rotation around the membrane normal in liquid crystalline bilayers; hence, large peptide aggregates do not form. Very likely the obliquely tilted T-state represents an antiparallel dimer of PGLa that is formed in the membrane at increasing concentration. |
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