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Extending the hydrophobic mismatch concept to amphiphilic membranolytic peptides

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A series of nine amphiphilic, pore-forming α-helical KIA peptides (KIAGKIA repeats) with lengths between 14 and 28 residues were studied by solidstate 15N NMR to determine their alignment in oriented lipid bilayers. In a 2:1 mixture of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) with its corresponding 1- myristoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lyso-MPC), which has a highly positive spontaneous curvature, the helix tilt angle was found to vary steadily with peptide length. The shortest peptide was aligned transmembrane and upright, while the longer ones successively became tilted away from the membrane normal. This behavior is in agreement with the hydrophobic matching concept, conceived so far only for hydrophobic helices. In 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine, with a negative spontaneous curvature, all KIA peptides remained flat on the bilayer surface, while the cylindrical DMPC lipids permitted a slight tilt. Peptide insertion thus depends critically on the intrinsic lipid curvature, and helix orientation is then fine-tuned by membrane thickness. A refined toroidal pore model is proposed.

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GRAU CAMPISTANY, Ariadna, STRANDBERG, Erik, WADHWANI, Parvesh, RABANAL ANGLADA, Francesc, ULRICH, Anne s.. Extending the hydrophobic mismatch concept to amphiphilic membranolytic peptides. _Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters_. 2016. Vol. 7, núm. 7, pàgs. 1116-1120. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1948-7185. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/108766]

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