The bacteriorhodopsin carboxyl-terminus contributes to proton recruitment and protein stability

Biochemistry
George J TurnerDrake C Mitchell

Abstract

We examined functional and structural roles for the bacteriorhodopsin (bR) carboxyl-terminus. The extramembranous and intracellular carboxyl-terminus was deleted by insertion of premature translation stop codons. Deletion of the carboxyl-terminus had no effect on purple membrane (PM) lattice dimensions, sheet size, or the electrogenic environment of the ground-state chromophore. Removal of the distal half of the carboxyl-terminus had no effect on light-activated proton pumping, however, truncation of the entire carboxyl-terminus accelerated the rates of M-state decay and proton uptake approximately 3.7-fold and severely distorted the kinetics of proton uptake. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and SDS denaturation demonstrated that removal of the carboxyl-terminus decreased protein stability. The DSC melting temperature was lowered by 6 degrees C and the calorimetric enthalpy reduced by 50% following removal of the carboxyl-terminus. Over the time range of milliseconds to hours at least 3 phases were required to describe the SDS denaturation kinetics for each bR construction. The fastest phases were indistinguishable for all bR's, and reflected PM solubilization. At pH 7.4, 20 degrees C, and in 0.3% SDS (w/v) the half-tim...Continue Reading

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