Membranes Contain Integral & Peripheral Proteins
المؤلف:
Peter J. Kennelly, Kathleen M. Botham, Owen P. McGuinness, Victor W. Rodwell, P. Anthony Weil
المصدر:
Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry
الجزء والصفحة:
32nd edition.p472-473
2025-11-04
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It is useful to classify membrane proteins into two types: integral and peripheral (Figure 1). Most membrane proteins fall into the integral class, meaning that they interact extensively with the phospholipids and require the use of detergents for their solubilization. Also, they generally span the bilayer as a bundle of α-helical transmembrane segments. Integral proteins are usually globular and are themselves amphipathic. They consist of two hydrophilic ends separated by an intervening hydrophobic region that traverses the hydrophobic core of the bilayer. As the structures of integral membrane proteins were being elucidated, it became apparent that certain ones (eg, transporter molecules, ion channels, various receptors, and G proteins) span the bilayer many times, whereas other simple membrane proteins (eg, glycophorin A) span the membrane only once. Integral proteins are asymmetrically distributed across the membrane bilayer. This asymmetric orientation is conferred at the time of their insertion in the lipid bilayer during biosynthesis in the ER. The molecular mechanisms involved in insertion of proteins into membranes and the topic of membrane assembly are discussed in Chapter 49.
Fig1. The fluid mosaic model of membrane structure. The membrane consists of a bimolecular lipid layer with proteins inserted in it or bound to either surface. Integral membrane proteins are firmly embedded in the lipid layers. Some of these proteins completely span the bilayer and are called transmembrane proteins, while others are embedded in either the outer or inner leaflet of the lipid bilayer. Loosely bound to the outer or inner surface of the membrane are the peripheral proteins. Many of the proteins and all the glycolipids have externally exposed oligosaccharide carbohydrate chains. (Reproduced with permission from Mescher AL:Junqueira’s Basic Histology Text and Atlas, 16th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hil; 2021.)
Peripheral proteins do not interact directly with the hydro phobic cores of the phospholipids in the bilayer and thus do not require use of detergentsfor their release. They are bound to the hydrophilic regions of specific integral proteins and head groups of phospholipids and can be released from them by treatment with salt solutions of high ionic strength. For example, ankyrin, a peripheral protein, is bound to the inner aspect of the integral protein “band 3” of the erythrocyte membrane. Spectrin, a cytoskeletal structure within the erythrocyte, is in turn bound to ankyrin and thereby plays an important role in maintenance of the biconcave shape of the erythrocyte.
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