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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 283, Issue 19, 12840-12850, May 9, 2008

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Functional Characterization of Escherichia coli MsbA

INTERACTION WITH NUCLEOTIDES AND SUBSTRATES^*

From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada

The Escherichia coli MsbA protein is a 65-kDa member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily. It is thought to function as an ATP-dependent lipid translocase that transports lipid A from the inner to the outer leaflet of the cytoplasmic membrane. MsbA with high ATPase activity was isolated and found to be homodimeric in detergent solution. The protein ATPase activity was inhibited by vanadate and showed variable patterns of stimulation and inhibition by lipid A and other compounds. The intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence of the protein was characterized, and dynamic quenching using acrylamide showed that a conformational change took place on binding of lipid A. Fluorescence quenching was used to characterize the interactions of MsbA with nucleotides and various putative substrates, including lipids, lipid-like compounds, and drugs. MsbA had an apparent binding affinity for ATP of 2 mM and also bound nonhydrolyzable ATP analogs and fluorescent ATP derivatives. The putative substrate lipid A interacted with the protein with an affinity of 6.4 µM. Drugs that are known to be substrates for ABC multidrug transporters also interacted with MsbA with affinities in the range 0.25–50 µM. This study represents the first use of fluorescence approaches to estimate MsbA binding affinities for nucleotides and putative transport substrates.

Received for publication, October 4, 2007 , and in revised form, February 28, 2008.

^* This work was supported in part by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

¹ Supported in part by a post-graduate scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

² Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Membrane Protein Biology. To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: 519-824-4120 (Ext. 52247); Fax: 519-837-1802; E-mail: fsharom{at}uoguelph.ca.

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