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Interaction of globular proteins with mixed lipid vesicles

A thermodynamic study of the lipid lateral phase separation

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Vesicles of charged (Phosphatidic Acid) and neutral (Phosphatidylcholine) lipids were used as membranes model to examine the lateral phase separation induced by a globular protein, namely lysozyme.

The ability of the positively charged protein, adsorbed onto vesicles surfaces, to induce the formation of micro-domains richer in the charged lipid component has been investigated by calorimetric measurements, using a DSC instrument.

The protein adsorption, rate of denaturation and lipid micro-domains formation were affected bypH and salt concentration variations showing the deep influence of the electric charges in modulating this phenomena.Some of the present results have been rationalized on the basis of a theoretical model recently developed by the authors.

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Vesikel bestehend aus geladenen (PhosphatidylsÄure) und neutralen (Phosphatidylcholin) Lipiden wurden als Membranmodelle zur Untersuchung der lateralen Phasenseparation verwendet, die durch ein globulÄres Protein, nÄmlich Lysozym, induziert wird. Die FÄhigkeit des positiv geladenen Proteins, das auf der VesikeloberflÄche adsorbiert ist, MikrodomÄnen unter Anreicherung der geladenen Lipidkomponente zu induzieren, wurde mittels kalorimetrischer Messungen (DSC) untersucht.

Die Proteinadsorption, die Denaturierungsrate und die Bildung von MikrodomÄnen werden durch Variation despH und der Salzkonzentration beeinflusst. Dies zeigt den starken Einfluss elektrischer Ladungen auf solche PhÄnomene. Einige der Resultate werden mit einem theoretischen, von den Autoren kürzlich entwickelten Modell interpretiert.

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We thank the Italian M. U. R. S. T. for financial support. We would also like to thank Professor N. A. Mancini (C. U. M. E. C.) for his kind permission to use the Mettler TA 3000 system.

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Raudino, A., Castelli, F. Interaction of globular proteins with mixed lipid vesicles. Journal of Thermal Analysis 37, 1877–1886 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01912218

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