Structural Characterization of the Hydrophobin SC3, As a Monomer and After Self-assembly at Hydrophobic/hydrophilic Interfaces

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 1998 Apr 17

PMID 9545064

Citations 37

Authors

M L de Vocht

K Scholtmeijer

E W van der Vegte

O M De Vries

N Sonveaux

H A Wosten

J M Ruysschaert

G Hadziloannou

J G Wessels

G T Robillard

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Abstract

Hydrophobins are small fungal proteins that self-assemble at hydrophilic/hydrophobic interfaces into amphipathic membranes that, in the case of Class I hydrophobins, can be disassembled only by treatment with agents like pure trifluoroacetic acid. Here we characterize, by spectroscopic techniques, the structural changes that occur upon assembly at an air/water interface and upon assembly on a hydrophobic solid surface, and the influence of deglycosylation on these events. We determined that the hydrophobin SC3 from Schizophyllum commune contains 16-22 O-linked mannose residues, probably attached to the N-terminal part of the peptide chain. Scanning force microscopy revealed that SC3 adsorbs specifically to a hydrophobic surface and cannot be removed by heating at 100 degrees C in 2% sodium dodecyl sulfate. Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectroscopy revealed that the monomeric, water-soluble form of the protein is rich in beta-sheet structure and that the amount of beta-sheet is increased after self-assembly on a water-air interface. Alpha-helix is induced specifically upon assembly of the protein on a hydrophobic solid. We propose a model for the formation of rodlets, which may be induced by dehydration and a conformational change of the glycosylated part of the protein, resulting in the formation of an amphipathic alpha-helix that forms an anchor for binding to a substrate. The assembly in the beta-sheet form seems to be involved in lowering of the surface tension, a potential function of hydrophobins.

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