Synthetic peptides mimic the assembly of transmembrane glycoproteins
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Synthetic peptides mimic the assembly of transmembrane glycoproteins
Abstract
The composition of the intramembranous domains of many receptors are remarkably uniform, yet there is evidence that many transmembrane proteins associate together to form specific noncovalent homo- or heterocomplexes within the membrane. We have synthesized peptides corresponding to transmembrane domains of glycophorin A, glycophorin C, and the interleukin 2-receptor Tac antigen to study the interactions between transmembrane domains in vitro. Synthetic transmembrane glycophorin A peptide formed a complex with native glycophorin and glycoproteins of erythrocyte and K562 cell membranes that was reversible, specific, and could be demonstrated in a natural bilayer system in the absence of detergents. Synthetic glycophorin C and interleukin 2-receptor Tac antigen transmembrane peptides, although similar in amino acid composition, did not interact with glycophorin and did not inhibit the binding of the synthetic glycophorin A transmembrane peptide to native glycophorin. It is proposed that the transmembrane segments of receptor proteins contain not only the structural information necessary for insertion and anchoring but specific binding sites that mediate interactions between transmembrane glycoproteins.
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