膜蛋白的拓扑学

膜蛋白的拓扑学是研究膜蛋白三维结构的出发点．利用融合蛋白和化学修饰等实验技术已确定了很多膜蛋白的拓扑学．对膜蛋白的转运与插膜的研究确定可能存在两类插膜元件．对已知拓扑学的膜蛋白的统计分析以及蛋白质工程的研究表明存在膜蛋白拓扑学的内正规则．目前已形成预测膜蛋白的拓扑学的比较可靠的策略，这在反向生物学上具有重要意义但要进行三维结构的预测还有许多路要走．

大肠杆菌葡糖醇通透酶信号肽及其类似物与脂质体的相互作用

合成了大肠杆菌葡糖醇通透酶的N端信号肽(Gut22)和它的一个类似物(Gut22Ana),原第7位组氨酸残基在类似物中为脯氨酸残基所替换,且第10位谷氨酸残基为缬氨酸残基所替换.信号肽及其类似物的内源荧光光谱表明Gut22结合脂双层的能力远强于Gut22Ana,包埋钙氯黄素的脂质体的渗漏实验表明Gut22能强烈扰动脂双层而Gut22Ana不能扰动脂双层.也测定了Gut22与磷脂酰胆碱/磷脂酰丝氨酸脂双层的表观分配常数,研究了膜电位于Gut22与脂双层相互作用的影响,并利用圆二色谱分析研究了Gut22和Gut22Ana在加入脂质体后的构象变化.

Interaction of synthetic peptide corresponding to signal sequence of glucitol permease of Escherichia Coli and its analogue with liposomes

The N-terminal signal sequence of glucitol pcrmease of Escherichia Coli (Gut22) and its analogue (Gut22Ana) were synthesized. The analogue had a Pro residue substituting for the His at the 7th position of Gut22 and a Val residue substituting for the Glu at the 10th position. The intrinsic fluorescence emission spectra indicated that the binding of Gut22 with lipid bilayer was much stronger than that of Gut22Ana. The leakage experiments with calcein-loaded liposomes showed that Gut22 strongly perturbed lipid bilayers while Gut22Ana did not. The apparent partition constant of Gut22 for partitioning into phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine bilayers was measured; the effect of membrane potential on the interaction of Gut22 with lipid bilayers was studied and the conformation changes of Gut22 and Gut22Ana upon interacting with liposomes were studied by the method of circular dichroism analysis.