Structure of bacteriorhodopsin at 1.55 Å resolution
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- 作者：Luecke ; Hartmut ; Schobert ; Brigitte ; Richter ; Hans-Thomas ; Cartailler ; Jean-Philippe ; Lanyi ; Janos K.
- 关键词：bacteriorhodopsin ; membrane proteins ; proton pump ; hydrogen-bonded chain ; X-ray crystallography
- 刊名：Journal of Molecular Biology
- 出版年：1999
- 出版时间：August 27, 1999
- 年：1999
- 卷：291
- 期：4
- 页码：899-911
- 全文大小：647 K
文摘
The atomic structure of the light-driven ion pump bacteriorhodopsin and the surrounding lipid matrix was determined by X-ray diffraction of crystals grown in cubic lipid phase. In the extracellular region, an extensive three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network of protein residues and seven water molecules leads from the buried retinal Schiff base and the proton acceptor Asp85 to the membrane surface. Near Lys216 where the retinal binds, transmembrane helix G contains a π-bulge that causes a non-proline? kink. The bulge is stabilized by hydrogen-bonding of the main-chain carbonyl groups of Ala215 and Lys216 with two buried water molecules located between the Schiff base and the proton donor Asp96 in the cytoplasmic region. The results indicate extensive involvement of bound water molecules in both the structure and the function of this seven-helical membrane protein. A bilayer of 18 tightly bound lipid chains forms an annulus around the protein in the crystal. Contacts between the trimers in the membrane plane are mediated almost exclusively by lipids.