PMID- 9609693 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980622 LR - 20131121 IS - 0006-2960 (Print) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 22 DP - 1998 Jun 2 TI - Mutational and crystallographic analyses of interfacial residues in annexin V suggest direct interactions with phospholipid membrane components. PG - 8004-10 AB - Annexin V belongs to a family of eukaryotic calcium-dependent membrane-binding proteins. The calcium-binding sites at the annexin-membrane interface have been investigated in some detail; however, little is known about the functional roles of highly conserved interfacial residues that do not coordinate calcium themselves. In the present study, the importance of tryptophan 185, and threonine or serine at positions 72, 144, 228, and 303, in rat annexin V is investigated by site-directed mutagenesis, X-ray crystallography, and functional assays. The high-resolution crystal structures of the mutants show that the mutations do not cause structural perturbations of the annexin molecule itself or disappearance of bound calcium ions from calcium-binding sites. The assays indicate that relative to wild-type annexin V, loss of the methyl substituent at position 72 (Thr72-->Ser) has no effect while loss of the hydroxyl group (Thr72-->Ala or Thr72-->Lys) causes reduction of membrane binding. Multiple lysine substitutions (e.g., Thr72,Ser144,Ser228,Ser303-->Lys) have a greater adverse effect than the single lysine mutation, suggesting that in annexin V the introduction of potentially favorable electrostatic interactions between the lysine side chains and the net negatively charged membrane surface is not sufficient to overcome the loss of the hydroxyl side chains. Replacement of the unique tryptophan, Trp185, by alanine similarly decreases membrane binding affinity. Taken together, the data suggest that the side chains mutated in this study contribute to phospholipid binding and participate directly in intermolecular contacts with phospholipid membrane components. FAU - Campos, B AU - Campos B AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Ohio 45220, USA. FAU - Mo, Y D AU - Mo YD FAU - Mealy, T R AU - Mealy TR FAU - Li, C W AU - Li CW FAU - Swairjo, M A AU - Swairjo MA FAU - Balch, C AU - Balch C FAU - Head, J F AU - Head JF FAU - Retzinger, G AU - Retzinger G FAU - Dedman, J R AU - Dedman JR FAU - Seaton, B A AU - Seaton BA LA - eng SI - PDB/1BC0 SI - PDB/1BC1 SI - PDB/1BC3 SI - PDB/1BCW SI - PDB/1BCY SI - PDB/1BCZ GR - DK-46433/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - GM-55445/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 0 (Annexin A5) RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 0 (Phosphatidylcholines) RN - 0 (Phosphatidylserines) RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - K3Z4F929H6 (Lysine) RN - OF5P57N2ZX (Alanine) SB - IM MH - Alanine/genetics MH - Amino Acid Substitution/genetics MH - Animals MH - Annexin A5/*chemistry/*genetics MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - DNA Mutational Analysis MH - Liposomes/*chemistry MH - Lysine/genetics MH - Models, Molecular MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Partial Thromboplastin Time MH - Phosphatidylcholines/chemical synthesis MH - Phosphatidylserines/chemical synthesis MH - Rats MH - Serine/genetics MH - Threonine/genetics EDAT- 1998/06/12 00:00 MHDA- 1998/06/12 00:01 CRDT- 1998/06/12 00:00 PHST- 1998/06/12 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/06/12 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/06/12 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/bi973142n [doi] AID - bi973142n [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 1998 Jun 2;37(22):8004-10. doi: 10.1021/bi973142n.