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Papers In Press, published online ahead of print May 10, 2006
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NMR, Max Planck Research Unit for Enzymology, Halle 06120
Corresponding Author: luecke{at}enzyme-halle.mpg.de
Revised on May 3, 2006
Accepted on May 9, 2006
Interactions between fatty acids and
-synuclein
-Synuclein is an amyloidogenic neuronal protein associated with several neurodegenerative disorders. Although unstructured in solution,
-synuclein forms
-helices in the presence of negatively-charged lipid surfaces. Moreover,
-synuclein was shown to interact with fatty acids (FA) in a manner that promotes protein aggregation. Here, we investigate whether
-synuclein has specific FA-binding site(s) similar to fatty acid binding proteins such as the intracellular FABP. Our NMR experiments reveal that FA addition results in (i) simultaneous loss of
-synuclein signal in both 1H and 13C spectra and (ii) appearance of a very broad FA 13C-carboxyl signal. These data exclude high-affinity binding of FA molecules to specific
-synuclein sites, as in FABP. One possible mode of binding was revealed by EM studies of oleic acid bilayers at pH 7.8; these high-molecular-weight FA aggregates possess a net negative surface charge because they contain FA anions, and they were easily disrupted to form smaller particles in the presence of
-synuclein, thus indicating a direct protein-lipid interaction. We conclude that
-synuclein is not likely to act as an intracellular FA carrier. Binding to negatively-charged membranes, however, appears to be an intrinsic property of
-synuclein that is most likely related to its physiological role(s) in the cell.
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