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The conformational distribution of a major facilitator superfamily peptide transporter is modulated by the membrane composition

Lasitza Male, T.; Bartels, K.; Wiggers, F.; Rosenblum, G.; Jungwirth, J.; Hofmann, H.; Loew, C.

2020-01-09 biophysics
10.1101/2020.01.09.900316 bioRxiv
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While structural biology aims at explaining the biological function of membrane proteins with their structure, it is unclear how these proteins are modulated by the complex lipid composition of membranes. Here, we address this question by mapping the conformational distribution of the bacterial oligopeptide transporter DtpA using single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy. We show that DtpA populates ensembles of conformers that respond sensitively to the environment. Detergents trap the transporter in an inward-open ensemble in which the substrate binding site faces the cytosol. However, re-constitution in Saposin nanoparticles with different lipid compositions, reveal a plethora of alternative conformations, including a fully inward-open ensemble whose existence had not been anticipated before. The relative abundance of these ensembles depends on the lipid composition of the nanoparticles. Our results therefore demonstrate that membranes sensitively affect the structural distribution of DtpA and we expect this to be a general property of membrane proteins.

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