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Internal Lipid Architecture of the Hetero-Oligomeric Cytochrome b6f Complex #MMPMID24931468
Hasan SS; Cramer WA
Structure 2014[Jul]; 22 (7): 1008-15 PMID24931468show ga
The role of lipids in the assembly, structure and function of hetero-oligomeric membrane protein complexes is poorly understood. The photosynthetic cytochrome b6f complex, a 16-mer of eight distinct subunits and 26 trans-membrane helices, catalyzes trans-membrane proton-coupled electron transfer for energy storage. Using a 2.5 Å crystal structure of the dimeric complex, 23 distinct lipid binding sites per monomer have been identified in the present study. Annular lipids are proposed to provide a connection for (i) super-complex formation with the photosystem-I reaction center, and (ii) the LHCII kinase enzyme for trans-membrane signaling. Internal lipids mediate (iii) cross-linking to stabilize the domain-swapped iron-sulfur protein subunit, (iv) dielectric heterogeneity within inter-monomer and intra-monomer electron transfer pathways, and (v) dimer stabilization through lipid-mediated inter-monomer interactions. This study provides the most complete structure-analysis thus far obtained of lipid-mediated functions in a multi-subunit membrane protein complex, and reveals lipid-sites at positions essential for assembly and function.