PMID- 15339795 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050325 LR - 20181113 IS - 0006-3495 (Print) IS - 1542-0086 (Electronic) IS - 0006-3495 (Linking) VI - 87 IP - 5 DP - 2004 Nov TI - The protein-tethered lipid bilayer: a novel mimic of the biological membrane. PG - 3213-20 AB - A new concept of solid-supported tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM) for the functional incorporation of membrane proteins is introduced. The incorporated protein itself acts as the tethering molecule resulting in a versatile system in which the protein determines the characteristics of the submembraneous space. This architecture is achieved through a metal chelating surface, to which histidine-tagged (His-tagged) membrane proteins are able to bind in a reversible manner. The tethered bilayer lipid membrane is generated by substitution of protein-bound detergent molecules with lipids using in-situ dialysis or adsorption. The system is characterized by surface plasmon resonance, quartz crystal microbalance, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. His-tagged cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) is used as a model protein in this study. However, the new system should be applicable to all recombinant membrane proteins bearing a terminal His-tag. In particular, combination of surface immobilization and membrane reconstitution opens new prospects for the investigation of functional membrane proteins by various surface-sensitive techniques under a defined electric field. FAU - Giess, Frank AU - Giess F AD - Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. FAU - Friedrich, Marcel G AU - Friedrich MG FAU - Heberle, Joachim AU - Heberle J FAU - Naumann, Renate L AU - Naumann RL FAU - Knoll, Wolfgang AU - Knoll W LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20040831 PL - United States TA - Biophys J JT - Biophysical journal JID - 0370626 RN - 0 (Lipid Bilayers) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Membranes, Artificial) RN - 4QD397987E (Histidine) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Biomimetics/*methods MH - Cell Membrane/*chemistry MH - Electric Impedance MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/*chemistry MH - Histidine/*chemistry MH - Lipid Bilayers/*chemistry MH - Macromolecular Substances MH - Membrane Fluidity MH - Membrane Proteins/*chemistry MH - Membranes, Artificial MH - Molecular Conformation MH - Protein Binding PMC - PMC1304791 EDAT- 2004/09/02 05:00 MHDA- 2005/03/26 09:00 PMCR- 2005/11/01 CRDT- 2004/09/02 05:00 PHST- 2004/09/02 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/03/26 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/09/02 05:00 [entrez] PHST- 2005/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0006-3495(04)73790-X [pii] AID - 46169 [pii] AID - 10.1529/biophysj.104.046169 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biophys J. 2004 Nov;87(5):3213-20. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.104.046169. Epub 2004 Aug 31.