Modulation of Magainin 2−Lipid Bilayer Interactions by Peptide Charge
1997/02/01 by Katsumi Matsuzaki, Akemi Nakamura, Osamu Murase +3 · 26 citations
Immunology and Microbiology · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities #Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior #Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
paper · doi:10.1021/bi961870p
Abstract
Magainin 2, an antimicrobial peptide from Xenopus skin, assumes an amphiphilic helix when bound to acidic phospholipids, forming a pore composed of a dynamic, peptide-lipid supramolecular complex [Matsuzaki et al. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 11361-11368]. Upon the disintegration of the pore, a fraction of the peptide molecules stochastically translocates across the bilayer (Matsuzaki, et al., 1995). In order to investigate the effects of peptide charge on the magainin 2-lipid bilayer interactions, we synthesized four magainin 2 analogs with different charges (0-6+). MG0: K10E, K11E, F12W-magainin 2. MG2+: K10E, F12W-magainin 2. MG4+: F12W-magainin 2. MG6+: F12W, E19Q-magainin 2 amide. An increase in charge resulted in a stronger binding of the peptide to the negatively charged membranes, suggesting that electrostatic attractions play a crucial role in the binding process. The helical stability in a trifluoroethanol/buffer mixture was decreased with increasing positive charge because of electrostatic repulsions between the closely spaced positive side chains, whereas the helicity in the lipid bilayer was much higher and appeared to be independent of the peptide charge. However, enhanced repulsions between the highly positively charged helices destabilized the pore. Therefore, the efficiency of the most basic peptide (MG6+) to translocate across the bilayer was the greatest by virtue of the short life span of its pore and the very tight membrane binding. The charge distribution of wild-type magainin 2 was found to be so designed as to exhibit the maximal lytic activity by simultaneously achieving a strong binding and a moderate pore stability.
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