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  • Title: Conformational properties of the main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP26) isolated from lens plasma membranes.
    Author: Horwitz J, Bok D.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1987 Dec 15; 26(25):8092-8. PubMed ID: 3442647.
    Abstract:
    The conformational properties of the main intrinsic polypeptide (MIP26) isolated from lens plasma membranes were studied by using near- and far-ultraviolet circular dichroism. The far-ultraviolet spectrum of MIP26 solubilized with octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside indicates an alpha-helical content of approximately 50% and a beta-structure content of approximately 20%. A detergent-free membrane suspension of MIP26 produced a typically distorted far-ultraviolet spectrum which was caused by differential light scattering and absorption flattening. However, decreasing the size of the membrane fragments by sonication produced a far-ultraviolet spectrum free of distortion, and with a rotatory strength profile similar to that obtained for MIP26 solubilized with octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside. This implies similar secondary structure properties for the protein in both the suspension and the sugar detergent. The cleavage of MIP26 with Staphylococcus aureus protease, which results in removal of a 5-kilodalton peptide and which mimics the age-dependent posttranslational changes that take place in the lens, did not significantly affect the conformation of the core protein as judged by the near-ultraviolet circular dichroism spectra.
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