interactions and mechanisms controlling assembly and function of multiprotein systems in membranes...
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Interactions and MechanismsControlling Assembly and Function
of Multiprotein Systems in Membranes
Klaus SchultenBeckman Institute, University of Illinois
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu
Ana Damjanovic Thorsten Ritz
Emad TajkhorshidJerome Baudry
Michal Ben-nun
V
H+h
molecular electronics
proteins function
assembly
Organization of the Photosynthetic Unit of Purple Bacteria
V
H+h
assembly
protein function
molecular electronics
Organization of the Purple Membrane of Halobacteria
2-D crystalline organization of the purple membrane
bR monomer
lipids
~ 75 Å
Top and side views of the purple membrane
Structure of the hexagonal unit cell-1
•greengreen,,blueblue,,redred : bR monomers (Essen et al., P.N.A.S., 1998)•greygrey : PGP extra-trimer lipids. (Pebay-Peyroula et al., Structure, 1999)•purplepurple : squalene (Luecke et al., J. Mol. Biol., 1999)•orangeorange : intra-trimer glycolipids (Essen et al., P.N.A.S., 1998)•yellowyellow : intra-trimer Phosphatidyl Glycerol Phosphate lipid
top view lateral view
Asymmetry of the Purple Membrane
Extracellular
BlueBlue : basic residuesRedRed : acidic residues
GreenGreen : polar residuesWhiteWhite : apolar residues
GreyGrey : lipids
intracellular
Structure of the hexagonal unit cell-2Hydration of the unit cell
•Internal hydration (Luecke et al., J. Mol. Biol., 1999)•External hydration : molecular dynamics
NpT simulation: constant temperature, variable volume
Reduction of PM thickness duringNpT simulation
PM thickness
In-plane dimensions
Thermodynamics of the Purple Membrane
“c” dimension perpendicular to the membrane
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Before MDAfter MD
water
protein
Distribution of external water after MD
Top view of PM: Water molecules penetrate the PM but not the protein, stop at Arg82 & Asp96
Equilibration of PM: rearrangement of water molecules
Crystallographic water molecules in initial
structure
Asp96
Arg82
Crystallographic water molecules
After 1 ns MD:Crystallographic water molecules diffuse outside PM, except molecules located within the Arg82 Asp96 channel (in white)
Structure of the hexagonal unit cell-3
External hydration (larger orange spheres) penetrates into bR up to the Arg82 & Asp96 levels
Asp96
Arg82
retinal
•Simplest ion pump in biology•Best characterized membrane protein (GPCRs)•Simplest photosynthetic center•Several molecular electronics applications
Bacteriorhodopsin Monomer
retinal
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Purple Membrane
• Molecular dynamics simulations with NAMD2
• ~23700 atoms per unit cell
• Hexagonal unit cell
• Periodic boundary conditions in 3D (multilayers)
• NpT (constant pressure) simulations
• Particle Mesh Ewald (no electrostatic cutoff)
• ~2 weeks/ns on 4 Alpha AXP21264-500Mhz procs.
Reaction coordinates for the conical intersection:Torsion around C13=C14 and h- vector
Torsion and h- vector
Conical intersection
S0 and S1 surfaces as a function of torsional angle and h- vector
Structures at the minima of S0 and S1 surfacesand structure of the conical intersection
minima of S0
minima of S1
• Search for conical intersection started from both optimized geometries and converged to same structure• Bond in Å, angles in degrees, (in brackets: values at the conical intersection).• Minima at S1 nearly coincides with lowest point of conical intersection
• SA-CASSCF(10,10) geometry optimized on ground and excited states.
Quantum Dynamics on Multiple Electronic States
Description of photoprocess of retinal in protein
Final structure of a single quantum dynamics trajectory
Other important quantum effects:•zero point energy•Specific heat•Energy relaxation•Ben-Nun et al., Faraday Discussion, 110, 447-462 (1998)
Full Multiple Spawning (Todd Martinez)