Analysis of Side-chain Rotamers in Transmembrane Proteins

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 2004 Sep 2

PMID 15339811

Citations 20

Authors

Aaron K Chamberlain

James U Bowie

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Abstract

We measured the frequency of side-chain rotamers in 14 alpha-helical and 16 beta-barrel membrane protein structures and found that the membrane environment considerably perturbs the rotamer frequencies compared to soluble proteins. Although there are limited experimental data, we found statistically significant changes in rotamer preferences depending on the residue environment. Rotamer distributions were influenced by whether the residues were lipid or protein facing, and whether the residues were found near the N- or C-terminus. Hydrogen-bonding interactions with the helical backbone perturbs the rotamer populations of Ser and His. Trp and Tyr favor side-chain conformations that allow their side chains to extend their polar atoms out of the membrane core, thereby aligning the side-chain polarity gradient with the polarity gradient of the membrane. Our results demonstrate how the membrane environment influences protein structures, providing information that will be useful in the structure prediction and design of transmembrane proteins.

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