Functional Characterization of Escherichia coli MsbA

The Escherichia coli MsbA protein is a 65-kDa member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily. It is thought to function as an ATP-dependent lipid translocase that transports lipid A from the inner to the outer leaflet of the cytoplasmic membrane. MsbA with high ATPase activity was isolated and found to be homodimeric in detergent solution. The protein ATPase activity was inhibited by vanadate and showed variable patterns of stimulation and inhibition by lipid A and other compounds. The intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence of the protein was characterized, and dynamic quenching using acrylamide showed that a conformational change took place on binding of lipid A. Fluorescence quenching was used to characterize the interactions of MsbA with nucleotides and various putative substrates, including lipids, lipid-like compounds, and drugs. MsbA had an apparent binding affinity for ATP of ∼2 mm and also bound nonhydrolyzable ATP analogs and fluorescent ATP derivatives. The putative substrate lipid A interacted with the protein with an affinity of 6.4 μm. Drugs that are known to be substrates for ABC multidrug transporters also interacted with MsbA with affinities in the range 0.25–50 μm. This study represents the first use of fluorescence approaches to estimate MsbA binding affinities for nucleotides and putative transport substrates.

• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  2008-05-09

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1074/jbc.M708274200PMID 18344567
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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