Direct prediction of EPR spectra from lipid bilayers: Understanding structure and dynamics in biological membranes

Catte, Andrea, White, Gaye F., Wilson, Mark R. and Oganesyan, Vasily S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8738-1146 (2018) Direct prediction of EPR spectra from lipid bilayers: Understanding structure and dynamics in biological membranes. ChemPhysChem, 19 (17). pp. 2183-2193. ISSN 1439-4235

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Abstract

Of the many biophysical techniques now being brought to bear on studies of membranes, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of nitroxide spin probes was the first to provide information about both mobility and ordering in lipid membranes. Here, we report the first prediction of variable temperature EPR spectra of model lipid bilayers in the presence and absence of cholesterol from the results of large scale fully atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Three types of structurally different spin probes were employed in order to study different parts of the bilayer. Our results demonstrate very good agreement with experiment and thus confirm the accuracy of the latest lipid force fields. The atomic resolution of the simulations allows the interpretation of the molecular motions and interactions in terms of their impact on the sensitive EPR line shapes. Direct versus indirect effects of cholesterol on the dynamics of spin probes are analysed. Given the complexity of structural organisation in lipid bilayers, the advantage of using a combined MD‐EPR simulation approach is two‐fold. Firstly, prediction of EPR line shapes directly from MD trajectories of actual phospholipid structures allows unambiguous interpretation of EPR spectra of biological membranes in terms of complex motions. Secondly, such an approach provides an ultimate test bed for the up‐to‐date MD simulation models employed in the studies of biological membranes, an area that currently attracts great attention.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	biological membranes,epr spectroscopy,molecular dynamics simulations,spin probes,cholesterol
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Jun 2018 09:30
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2024 01:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/67282
DOI:	10.1002/cphc.201800386

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