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Determination of the structure of pore-forming colicins
Riedlová, Kamila ; Fišer, Radovan (advisor) ; Barvík, Ivan (referee)
6 Abstract This master's thesis provides study of individual helixes from C-terminal pore-forming domain (CTD) of colicin U and their behavior in lipid bilayer on atomic level. For this purpose the all-atom molecular simulation method was used. Later the study was extended an applied on CTD of published structures of other pore-forming colicins. On the base of study extension the ability of disruption of lipid bilayer integrity by helixes H1 and H10 was successfully observed. Helix H1 was synthesized and its activity was experimentally proved on black lipid membranes. The other helixes are often too short to be able to keep position in lipid bilayer and their behavior could be affected by artificial termini, therefore they were not synthesized. The MD simulations of pairs of helixes show that structure stability and their ability to stay in the membrane depends on binding partners. The results of the thesis show the importance of H10 for colicin pore-formation, which has not been observed yet. The results also support the toroidal pore model suggested previously for colicin E1. The results prove that colicins contain specific secondary structures, which are able to disrupt the inner bacterial membrane not only in its native form but also when artificially separated from the rest of the protein. Klíčová...
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The study of model membrane systems, proteins and protein-membrane interactions using various fluorescence techniques
Štefl, Martin ; Hudeček, Jiří (advisor) ; Teisinger, Jan (referee) ; Plášek, Jaromír (referee)
Membrane rafts (also referred as nanodomains) are membrane structures responsible for many cell processes. Their characterization is challenging because of the transparency, dynamics and small size of those structures. Moreover, high variability of cells makes their study even more complicated. In order to simplify the studies of membrane processes including the formation of those rafts often model membranes like Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) and Supported Phospholipid Bilayers (SPBs) are used. In this Thesis new fluorescent tools for studying such membrane processed were developed, tested, or improved. Specifically, the phasor plot an approach applicable to the analysis of the fluorescence lifetime data, was theoretically and experimentally tested and afterwards applied to the characterization of the membrane nanodomains in GUVs. First, we introduced the phasor plots to the excitation state processes like solvent relaxation and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in lipid vesicles. We also employed the phasor plots in protein-ligand interaction, protein folding and denaturation studies. Finally, the phasor plot analysis of FRET data in combination with Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) was used in characterization of membrane nanodomains in terms of the size, mobility and...
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