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Biophysical Journal 60: 38-44 (1991)
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Calcium binding by phosphatidylserine headgroups. Deuterium NMR study.

M Roux and M Bloom

Département de Biologie, CEN-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

ABSTRACT

The binding of calcium to headgroup deuterated 1-palmitoyl, 2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoserine (POPS) was investigated by using deuterium magnetic resonance in pure POPS membranes and in mixed 1-palmitoyl, 2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC)/POPS 5:1 (m:m) bilayers. Addition of CaCl2 to pure POPS bilayers led to two component spectra attributed, respectively, to liquid-crystallin POPS (less than 15 kHz) and POPS molecules in the calcium-induced dehydrated phase (cochleate) (approximately 120 kHz). The liquid-crystalline component has nearly disappeared at a Ca2+ to POPS ratio of 0.5, indicating that, under such conditions, most of the POPS molecules are in the precipitated cochleate phase. After dilution of the POPS molecules in zwitterionic POPC membranes (POPC/POPS 5:1 m:m), single component spectra characteristic of POPS in the liquid-crystalline state were observed in the presence of Molar concentrations of calcium ions (Ca2+ to POPS ratio greater than 50), showing that the amount of dehydrated cochleate PS-Ca2+ phase, if any, was low (less than 5%) under such conditions. Deuterium NMR data obtained in the 15-50 degrees C temperature range with the mixed PC/PS membranes, either in the absence or the presence of Ca2+ ions, indicate that the serine headgroup undergoes a temperature-induced conformational change, independent of the presence of Ca2+. This is discussed in relation to other headgroup perturbations such as that observed upon change of the membrane surface charge density.






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