Membrane Curvature Revisited-the Archetype of Rhodopsin Studied by Time-Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy.

Biophysical Journal
Steven D E FriedMichael F Brown

Abstract

G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest and most pharmacologically targeted membrane protein family. Here, we used the visual receptor rhodopsin as an archetype for understanding membrane lipid influences on conformational changes involved in GPCR activation. Visual rhodopsin was recombined with lipids varying in their degree of acyl chain unsaturation and polar headgroup size using 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero- and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycerophospholipids with phosphocholine (PC) or phosphoethanolamine (PE) substituents. The receptor activation profile after light excitation was measured using time-resolved ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. We discovered that more saturated POPC lipids back shifted the equilibrium to the inactive state, whereas the small-headgroup, highly unsaturated DOPE lipids favored the active state. Increasing unsaturation and decreasing headgroup size have similar effects that combine to yield control of rhodopsin activation, and necessitate factors beyond proteolipid solvation energy and bilayer surface electrostatics. Hence, we consider a balance of curvature free energy with hydrophobic matching and demonstrate how our data support a flexible surface model (FSM) for the coupling betwee...Continue Reading

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