On the osmotic signal and osmosensing mechanism of an ABC transport system for glycine betaine
AUTOR(ES)
van der Heide, Tiemen
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
The osmosensing mechanism of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter OpuA of Lactococcus lactis has been elucidated for the protein reconstituted in liposomes. Activation of OpuA by osmotic upshift was instantaneous and reversible and followed changes in volume and membrane structure of the proteoliposomes. Osmotic activation of OpuA was dependent on the fraction of anionic lipids present in the lipid bilayer. Also, cationic and anionic lipophilic amphiphiles shifted the activation profile in a manner indicative of an osmosensing mechanism, in which electrostatic interactions between lipid headgroups and the OpuA protein play a major role. Further support for this notion came from experiments in which ATP-driven uptake and substrate-dependent ATP hydrolysis were measured with varying concentrations of osmolytes at the cytoplasmic face of the protein. Under iso-osmotic conditions, the transporter could be activated by high concentrations of ionic osmolytes, whereas neutral ones had no effect, demonstrating that intracellular ionic strength, rather than a specific signaling molecule or water activity, signals osmotic stress to the transporter. The data indicate that OpuA is under the control of a mechanism in which the membrane and ionic strength act in concert to signal osmotic changes.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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