Conformation of membrane-associated proapoptotic tBid

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The proapoptotic Bcl-2 family protein Bid is cleaved by caspase-8 to release the C-terminal fragment tBid, which translocates to the outer mitochondrial membrane and induces massive cytochrome c release and cell death. In this study, we have characterized the conformation of tBid in lipid membrane environments, using NMR and CD spectroscopy with lipid micelle and lipid bilayer samples. In micelles, tBid adopts a unique helical conformation, and the solution NMR 1H/15N HSQC spectra have a single well resolved resonance for each of the protein amide sites. In lipid bilayers, tBid associates with the membrane with its helices parallel to the membrane surface and without trans-membrane helix insertion, and the solid-state NMR 1H/15N polarization inversion with spin exchange at the magic angle spectrum has all of the amide resonances centered at 15N chemical shift (70-90 ppm) and 1H-15N dipolar coupling (0-5 kHz) frequencies associated with NH bonds parallel to the bilayer surface, with no intensity at frequencies associated with NH bonds in trans-membrane helices. Thus, the cytotoxic activity of tBid at mitochondria may be similar to that observed for antibiotic polypeptides, which bind to the surface of bacterial membranes as amphipathic helices and destabilize the bilayer structure, promoting the leakage of cell contents.

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Gong, X. M., Choi, J., Franzin, C. M., Zhai, D., Reed, J. C., & Marassi, F. M. (2004). Conformation of membrane-associated proapoptotic tBid. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(28), 28954–28960. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M403490200

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