Probing the local secondary structure of bacteriophage S21 pinholin membrane protein using electron spin echo envelope modulation spectroscopy

There have recently been advances in methods for detecting local secondary structures of membrane protein using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). A three pulsed electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) approach was used to determine the local helical secondary structure of the small hole...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes 2022-03, Vol.1864 (3), p.183836-183836, Article 183836
Hauptverfasser: Drew, Daniel L., Ahammad, Tanbir, Serafin, Rachel A., Sahu, Indra D., Khan, Rasal H., Faul, Emily, McCarrick, Robert M., Lorigan, Gary A.
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Zusammenfassung:There have recently been advances in methods for detecting local secondary structures of membrane protein using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). A three pulsed electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) approach was used to determine the local helical secondary structure of the small hole forming membrane protein, S21 pinholin. This ESEEM approach uses a combination of site-directed spin labeling and 2H-labeled side chains. Pinholin S21 is responsible for the permeabilization of the inner cytosolic membrane of double stranded DNA bacteriophage host cells. In this study, we report on the overall global helical structure using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy for the active form and the negative-dominant inactive mutant form of S21 pinholin. The local helical secondary structure was confirmed for both transmembrane domains (TMDs) for the active and inactive S21 pinholin using the ESEEM spectroscopic technique. Comparison of the ESEEM normalized frequency domain intensity for each transmembrane domain gives an insight into the α-helical folding nature of these domains as opposed to a π or 310-helix which have been observed in other channel forming proteins. [Display omitted] •A three pulse ESEEM approach is applied to determine the local helical secondary structure of hole forming membrane protein, S21 pinholin.•The local helical secondary structure was confirmed for both transmembrane domains (TMDs) of S21 pinholin using the ESEEM spectroscopic technique.•The use of this ESEEM technique is advantageous over other conventional biophysical structural techniques.
ISSN:0005-2736
1879-2642
DOI:10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183836