Journal article
pH-Induced Switch between Different Modes of Cytochrome c Binding to Cardiolipin-Containing Liposomes
ACS omega, v 4(1), pp 1386-1400
01 Jan 2019
PMID: 31459406
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Abstract
Fluorescence, visible circular dichroism (CD), absorption, and resonance Raman spectroscopy techniques were combined to explore structural changes of ferricytochrome c upon its binding to cardiolipin-containing liposomes (20% 1,1', 1,2'-tetraoleyolcardiolipin and 1,2-deoleyol-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) at acidic pH (6.5). According to the earlier work of Kawai et al. [J. Biol. Chem. 2005, 280, 34709-347171], cytochrome c binding at this pH is governed by interactions between the phosphate head groups of cardiolipin and amino acid side chains of the so-called L-site, which contains the charged residues K22, K25, K27, and potentially H26 and H33. We found that L-site binding causes a conformational transition that involves a change of the protein's ligation and spin state. In this paper, we report spectroscopic responses to an increasing number of cardiolipin-containing liposomes at pH 6.5 in the absence and presence of NaCl. The latter was found to mostly inhibit protein binding already with 50 mM concentration. The inhibition effect can be quantitatively reproduced by applying the electrostatic theory of Heimburg et al. [Biophys. J. 1995, 68, 536-546]. A comparison with corresponding spectroscopic response data obtained at pH 7.4 reveals major differences in that the latter indicates hydrophobic binding, followed by an electrostatically driven conformational change. Visible CD data suggest that structural changes in the heme pocket of liposome-bound ferricytochrome c resemble to some extent those in the denatured protein in urea at neutral and acidic pH. The measured noncoincidence between absorption and CD Soret band of cytochrome c in the presence of a large access of cardiolipin is caused by the electric field at the membrane surface. The very fact that its contribution to the internal electric field in the heme pocket is detectable by spectroscopic means suggests some penetration of the protein into membrane surface.
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- Title
- pH-Induced Switch between Different Modes of Cytochrome c Binding to Cardiolipin-Containing Liposomes
- Creators
- Bridget Milorey - Drexel UniversityReinhard Schweitzer-Stenner - Drexel UniversityRaghed Kurbaj - Drexel UniversityDmitry Malyshka - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- ACS omega, v 4(1), pp 1386-1400
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- Maryanoff fellowship for summer research at the Department of Chemistry, Drexel University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]; Chemistry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000460214700150
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85060141791
- Other Identifier
- 991019167737904721
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