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  • Title: Monitoring pyrene excimers in lactose permease liposomes: revealing the presence of phosphatidylglycerol in proximity to an integral membrane protein.
    Author: Picas L, Merino-Montero S, Morros A, Hernández-Borrell J, Montero MT.
    Journal: J Fluoresc; 2007 Nov; 17(6):649-54. PubMed ID: 16794873.
    Abstract:
    In this study, we examined the annular lipid composition of the transmembrane protein lactose permease (LacY) from Escherichia coli. LacY was reconstituted into 1-Palmitoyl-2-Oleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphoethanolamine (POPE) and 1-Palmitoyl-2-Oleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-3-[Phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)] (POPG) and labeled with 1-hexadecanoyl-2-(1-pyrenedecanoyl)-sn-Glycero-3-phosphoglycerol (PPDPG) at a 3:0.99:0.01 molar ratio. Pyrene excimer formation was monitored by exciting a single tryptophan mutant of the protein (T320W). The results suggest that POPG remains segregated in the vicinity of the protein, most likely forming part of the annular composition. The possible involvement of POPG in hydrogen binding with the protein, as well as the molecular mechanism of LacY, is also discussed in the context of the proteomic network theory.
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