19F NMR analysis of the antimicrobial peptide PGLa bound to native cell membranes from bacterial protoplasts and human erythrocytes.
Related Articles 19F NMR analysis of the antimicrobial peptide PGLa bound to native cell membranes from bacterial protoplasts and human erythrocytes.
J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Jul 7;132(26):8822-4
Authors: Ieronimo M, Afonin S, Koch K, Berditsch M, Wadhwani P, Ulrich AS
(19)F NMR is a unique tool to examine the structure of fluorine-labeled peptides in their native cellular environment, due to an exquisite sensitivity and lack of natural abundance background. For solid-state NMR analysis, we isolated native membranes from erythrocyte ghosts and bacterial protoplasts and prepared them as macroscopically oriented samples. They showed a high purity and quality of alignment according to (31)P NMR, and the membrane-bound antimicrobial peptide PGLa could be detected by (19)F NMR. The characteristic fingerprint splitting of its (19)F reporter group indicated that the peptide helix binds to the native membranes in a surface alignment, albeit with a higher affinity in the prokaryotic than the eukaryotic system.
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