Deletion of the helical motif in the intestinal fatty acid-binding protein reduces its interactions with membrane monolayers: Brewster angle microscopy, IR reflection-absorption spectroscopy, and surface pressure studies

Biochemistry
F WuR Mendelsohn

Abstract

Intestinal fatty acid binding protein (IFABP) appears to interact directly with membranes during fatty acid transfer [Hsu, K. T., and Storch, J. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 13317-13323]. The largely alpha-helical "portal" domain of IFABP was critical for these protein--membrane interactions. In the present studies, the binding of IFABP and a helixless variant of IFABP (IFABP-HL) to acidic monolayers of 1,2-dimyristoylphosphatidic acid (DMPA) has been monitored by surface pressure measurements, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), and infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS). Protein adsorption to DMPA exhibited a two phase kinetic process consisting of an initial slow phase, arising from protein binding to the monolayer and/or direct interfacial adsorption, and a more rapid phase that parallels formation of lipid-containing domains. IFABP exhibited more rapid changes in both phases than IFABP-HL. The second phase was absent when IFABP interacted with zwitterionic monolayers of 1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, revealing the important role of electrostatics at this stage. BAM images of DMPA monolayers with either protein revealed the formation of domains leading eventually to rigid films. Domains of DMPA/IFABP-HL formed ...Continue Reading

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