NMR solution structure and position of transportan in neutral phospholipid bicelles.
2004 (English)In: FEBS Lett, ISSN 0014-5793, Vol. 567, no 2-3, p. 265-9Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Transportan is a chimeric cell-penetrating peptide constructed from the peptides galanin and mastoparan, which has the ability to internalize living cells carrying a hydrophilic load. In this study, we have determined the NMR solution structure and investigated the position of transportan in neutral bicelles. The structure revealed a well-defined -helix in the C-terminal mastoparan part of the peptide and a weaker tendency to form an -helix in the N-terminal domain. The position of the peptide in relation to the membrane, as studied by adding paramagnetic probes, shows that the peptide lies parallel to, and in the head-group region of the membrane surface. This result is supported by amide proton secondary chemical shifts.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2004. Vol. 567, no 2-3, p. 265-9
Keywords [en]
Amides/chemistry, Amino Acid Sequence, Circular Dichroism, Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/*chemistry, Drug Carriers/chemistry, Galanin, Glycerophosphates/chemistry, Lipid Bilayers/*chemistry, Micelles, Models; Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Biomolecular/*methods, Phospholipid Ethers/*chemistry, Phosphorylcholine/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry, Protein Structure; Secondary, Protein Structure; Tertiary, Recombinant Fusion Proteins/*chemistry, Spin Labels, Wasp Venoms
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-22322PubMedID: 15178334OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-22322DiVA, id: diva2:188849
2007-06-122007-06-122011-01-12Bibliographically approved