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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 35, 26821-26827, September 1, 2000

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A Key Point Mutation (V156E) Affects the Structure and Functions of Human Apolipoprotein A-I^*

Kyung-Hyun Cho and Ana Jonas

From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

A naturally occurring point mutant of human apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), V156E, which is associated with extremely low plasma apoA-I and high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels, and coronary artery disease (Huang, W., Sasaki, J., Matsunaga, A., Nanimatsu, H., Moriyama, K., Han, H. Kugi, M., Koga, T., Yamaguchi, K., and Arakawa, K. (1998) Arterioscler. Throm. Vasc. Biol. 18, 389-396), was produced in an Escherichia coli expression system. The purified recombinant proapoA-I V156E mutant was examined in its structural and functional properties, both, in the lipid-free and lipid-bound states. In the lipid-free form the mutant protein exhibited small changes in conformation, but was more stable, and quite resistant to self-association, compared with control apoA-I. The V156E mutant was able to interact with phospholipid (PL) at high PL:protein ratios (95:1, mol/mol), but was inefficient in forming reconstituted HDL (rHDL) complexes at lower PL:protein ratios (40:1). In the lipid-bound, rHDL state, the mutant protein was somewhat more -helical and formed a larger complex (110 Å) than control apoA-I (97 Å). Furthermore, the rHDL particles containing the V156E mutant did not rearrange to smaller particles in the presence of low density lipoproteins, and had minimal reactivity with lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT), compared with rHDL particles made with control apoA-I. These results suggest a key role for Val-156, or the adjacent central region of apoA-I in the modulation of apoA-I conformation, stability, and self-association in solution, and in the formation of small HDL, the conformational adaptability of apoA-I leading to structural rearrangements of HDL, and the activation of LCAT.

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