Issue 19, 2010

Incorporation of the dopamine D2L receptor and bacteriorhodopsin within bicontinuous cubic lipid phases. 1. Relevance to in mesocrystallization of integral membraneproteins in monoolein systems

Abstract

The dopamine D2L receptor and bacteriorhodopsin (bR), which are integral membrane proteins, have been incorporated within bicontinuous cubic mesophases formed by the lipid monoolein, which is the standard lipid used for in meso crystallization experiments. In both cases the incorporated membrane protein was found to promote a structural transition within the underlying cubic phase. The structural effects observed were found to depend strongly on the size and shape of the membrane protein. For incorporation of bR the structural transition observed, from a QIIG to a QIID cubic architecture, is consistent with the effect of the hydrophobic domain of bR on the curvature of the polar–apolar interface and results in a thicker bilayer, alleviating hydrophobic mismatch between the protein and the lipid bilayer. The significantly increased hydrophilic domain size associated with the D2L receptor results in the reverse transition, from a QIID to a QIIG phase, with a concomitant increase in water channel diameter. The observed structural effects have ramifications in designing in meso crystallization trials where the underlying cubic structure must be retained.

Graphical abstract: Incorporation of the dopamine D2L receptor and bacteriorhodopsin within bicontinuous cubic lipid phases. 1. Relevance to in meso crystallization of integral membrane proteins in monoolein systems

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Jun 2010
Accepted
13 Jul 2010
First published
17 Aug 2010

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 4828-4837

Incorporation of the dopamine D2L receptor and bacteriorhodopsin within bicontinuous cubic lipid phases. 1. Relevance to in meso crystallization of integral membrane proteins in monoolein systems

C. E. Conn, C. Darmanin, S. M. Sagnella, X. Mulet, T. L. Greaves, J. N. Varghese and C. J. Drummond, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 4828 DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00463D

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