Biophysical characterisation of the Chlamydia pneumoniae integral membrane protein IncC in detergent micelles
- Authors
- Kim, Young Pil; Yeo, Kwon Joo; Kim, Young-Chang; Jeon, Young Ho
- Issue Date
- 6월-2011
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Integral membrane protein; Inclusion membrane protein; IncC; Chlamydia pneumoniae; NMR
- Citation
- PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY, v.46, no.6, pp.1278 - 1284
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
- Volume
- 46
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 1278
- End Page
- 1284
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/112270
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.02.017
- ISSN
- 1359-5113
- Abstract
- Chlamydia is a bacterial genus that is comprised of obligate intracellular pathogens. The Chlamydia inclusion membrane proteins (Inc proteins) play a key role in host/pathogen interactions. To determine the integral membrane protein structure via NMR, milligram quantities of the protein must be produced and optimised for protein stability in detergent micelles. In this study, we successfully expressed and purified the full length Chlamydia pneumoniae IncC protein (IncC-Full, 2-203), as well as the IncC transmembrane domain (IncC-TM, 124-197) and analysed their biophysical characteristics. Specifically, we used NMR spectroscopy, CD spectroscopy, chemical cross-linking, size exclusion chromatography, and analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) to evaluate the homogeneity, oligomeric state, and molecular mass of the recombinant proteins. The cross-linking and AUC data indicate that IncC-Full and IncC-TM form homo-dimers in DPC micelles. Based on NMR T(1) and T(2) relaxation, we estimate the molecular mass of IncC-Full and IncC-TM in DPC micelles to be approximately 60.2 and 42.7 kDa, respectively, while the calculated AUC molecular masses in the buoyant density of the detergent were 37.6 kDa and 14.7 kDa, respectively. The 3-D (1)H-(15)N-(1)H NOESY-HSQC data indicate that both IncC-Full and IncC-TM are primarily alpha helical structures. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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