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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 35, 24539-24549, August 27, 1999

Adventures in Membrane Protein Topology
A STUDY OF THE MEMBRANE-BOUND STATE OF COLICIN E1

From the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada

The molecular aggregate size of the closed state of the colicin E1 channel was determined by fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments involving a fluorescence donor (three tryptophans, wild-type protein) and a fluorescence acceptor (5-(((acetyl)amino)ethyl)aminonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (AEDANS), Trp-deficient protein). There was no evidence of energy transfer between the donor and acceptor species when bound to membrane large unilamellar vesicles. These experiments led to the conclusion that the colicin E1 channel is monomeric in the membrane-bound closed channel state. Experiments were also conducted to study the membrane topology of the closed colicin channel in membrane large unilamellar vesicles using acrylamide as the membrane-impermeant, nonionic quencher of tryptophan fluorescence in a battery of single tryptophan mutant proteins. Furthermore, additional fluorescence parameters, including fluorescence emission maximum, fluorescence quantum yield, and fluorescence decay times, were used to assist in mapping the topology of the closed channel. Results suggest that the closed channel comprises most of the polypeptide of the channel domain and that the hydrophobic anchor domain does not transverse the membrane bilayer but nonetheless is deeply embedded within the hydrocarbon core of the membrane. Finally, a model is proposed which features at least two states that are in rapid equilibrium with each other and in which one state is more heavily populated than the other.

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