Immobilization and Aggregation of the Antimicrobial Peptide Protegrin-1 in Lipid Bilayers Investigated by Solid-State NMR

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Abstract

The dynamics and aggregation of a beta-sheet antimicrobial peptide, protegrin-1 (PG-1), are investigated using solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Chemical shift anisotropies of F12 and V16 carbonyl carbons are uniaxially averaged in 1,2-dilauryl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DLPC) bilayers but approach rigid-limit values in the thicker 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) bilayers. The Calpha-Halpha dipolar coupling of L5 is scaled by a factor of 0.16 in DLPC bilayers but has a near-unity order parameter of 0.96 in POPC bilayers. The larger couplings of PG-1 in POPC bilayers indicate immobilization of the peptide, suggesting that PG-1 forms oligomeric aggregates at the biologically relevant bilayer thickness. Exchange NMR experiments on F12 (13)CO-labeled PG-1 show that the peptide undergoes slow reorientation with a correlation time of 0.7 +/- 0.2 s in POPC bilayers. This long correlation time suggests that in addition to aggregation, geometric constraints in the membrane may also contribute to PG-1 immobilization. The PG-1 aggregates contact both the surface and the hydrophobic center of the POPC bilayer, as determined by (1)H spin-diffusion measurements. Thus, solid-state NMR provides a wide range of information about the molecular details of membrane peptide immobilization and aggregation in lipid bilayers.

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