Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10798169 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes | 2005 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Lipopeptides derived from protein kinase C (PKC) pseudosubstrates have the ability to cross the plasma membrane in cells and modulate the activity of PKC in the cytoplasm. Myristoylation or palmitoylation appears to promote translocation across membranes, as the non-acylated peptides are membrane impermeant. We have investigated, by fluorescence spectroscopy, how myristoylation modulates the interaction of the PKC pseudosubstrate peptide KSIYRRGARRWRKL with lipid vesicles and translocation across the lipid bilayer. Our results indicate that myristoylated peptides are intimately associated with lipid vesicles and are not peripherally bound. When visualized under a microscope, myristoylation does appear to facilitate translocation across the lipid bilayer in multilamellar lipid vesicles. Translocation does not involve large-scale destabilization of the bilayer structure. Myristoylation promotes translocation into the hydrophobic interior of the lipid bilayer even when the non-acylated peptide has only weak affinity for membranes and is also only peripherally associated with lipid vesicles.
Keywords
HEPESDNSMLVPKCTFAGUVFPLC1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylglycerol1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholinemultilamellar vesiclesMembrane bindingMembrane perturbationTrifluoroacetic acidFluorescence resonance energy transferFRETlarge unilamellar vesiclescircular dichroismfast performance liquid chromatographyGiant unilamellar vesiclesFluorescence spectroscopyLUVLipid vesicleSUVProtein kinase C
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Authors
Avaronnan Harishchandran, Ramakrishnan Nagaraj,