[Myotox] Samples for NMR

Borries Demeler demeler at gmail.com
Fri Feb 21 15:08:18 MST 2020


Here is the mytoxin-II sequence:


0001 slfelgkmil qetgknpaks ygaygcncgv lgrgkpkdat drccyvhkcc ykkltgcnpk

0061 kdrysyswkd ktivcgenns clkelcecdk avaiclrenl ntynkkyryy lkplckkada

0121 c


-b.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 2:43 PM Hazendonk, Paul <paul.hazendonk at uleth.ca>
wrote:

> Borries could you send me the sequence.
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> *From:* Myotox <myotox-bounces at biophysics.uleth.ca> on behalf of Steele,
> Harmen <harmen.steele at umconnect.umt.edu>
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> *To:* Myotoxin-II discussion <myotox at biophysics.uleth.ca>
> *Subject:* Re: [Myotox] Samples for NMR
>
> We can purchase a plethora of lipids from Avanti.  This would allow up to
> mix together a combination that would make since as a model system. I think
> that we want to mimic the lipid composition in muscle?  A quick Avanti
> search didn't return "pre-mixed" answer.  Give me a little bit of time to
> Google and formulate a lipid mix that could be a good mimic.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
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> On 2/21/20, 8:12 AM, "Myotox on behalf of Montina, Tony" <
> myotox-bounces at biophysics.uleth.ca on behalf of tony.montina at uleth.ca>
> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>     I agree with Borries that all model systems should be run with AUC
> first. I also agree that Harmen makes some very good points.
>     Reading that the CL lipid is only found in the mitochondrial matrix
> and the testes makes me think we should probably not use this as our model
> lipid system.
>     As Borries asked, does anyone have any suggestions on how we could go
> about preparing or purchasing the muscle lipid mixture?
>     Mike, Paul and I will continue with the myotoxin NMR work while we
> sort out this membrane decision.
>     Cheers
>     Tony
>
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>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Myotox <myotox-bounces at biophysics.uleth.ca> On Behalf Of
> Borries Demeler
>     Sent: February 21, 2020 8:01 AM
>     To: myotox at biophysics.uleth.ca
>     Subject: [Myotox] Samples for NMR
>
>
>     I think we should have further discussions regarding the next steps
> regarding lipid systems to be studied by NMR. Harmen brings up some good
>     points:
>
>     1. Nanodiscs or liposomes? There are pros and cons for each.
>     2. what type of lipid is most representative?
>
>     I know Bruno mentioned that the type of lipid system doesn't seem to
> be so important, however, we may want to make some educated decisions on
> this.
>     Myotoxin-II seems to be specific for muscle tissue, so perhaps we
> should try to purify some muscle membrane?
>
>     I am not sure how much expertise we would have around here to help
> with this, but are there some commercially available lipids that could
> mimick muscle membrane? Suggestions?
>
>     Finally, I suggest that once we settle on question 1 we should run all
> of these experiments with AUC controls to see what we may expect in an NMR
> experiment.
>
>     Regards, -Borries
>
>     ----- Forwarded message from "Steele, Harmen" <
> harmen.steele at umconnect.umt.edu> -----
>
>     Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:41:06 +0000
>     From: "Steele, Harmen" <harmen.steele at umconnect.umt.edu>
>     Subject: Re: Samples for NMR
>
>     The samples that I sent for NMR in August were 10 uM DMPC nanodisc in
> 50 mM deuterated Potassium Phosphate buffer at pH 7.0.  There was
> additional buffer to dilute.  Those samples should be OK with the exception
> of any deuteration that might have occurred.
>
>     While I agree that ND are a good model system. I’m not sure they are
> the correct model system to use in this experiment.  If we are simply
> looking at binding of myotoxin to lipid then ND would be a go to. However,
> I thought this experiment was more about looking at the change in lipid
> order caused by the interaction with myotoxin.  The belt protein causes a
> lateral pressure on the lipid tails that could inhibit changes in the lipid
> order, potentially resulting in us not being able to monitor the changes. I
> would think that liposomes would be a better model system for this
> experiment.
>
>     Additionally, I’m not sure that CL would be a good model lipid for
> myotoxin.  CL is a lipid that is only found in the mitochondria and the
> testes. Additionally, it has a abnormally high negative charge and lipid
> structure that is not that of a standard lipid.  I would think that using
> something more like E. coli total lipids or a muscle lipid mix would be a
> better model system to study.
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Harmen Steele, Ph.D.
>     Postdoctoral Researcher
>     harmen.steele at umontana.edu<mailto:harmen.steele at umontana.edu>
>
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>     From: Borries Demeler <demeler at gmail.com>
>     Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 4:43 PM
>     To: "Henrickson, Amy" <amy.henrickson at uleth.ca>
>     Cc: "Steele, Harmen" <harmen.steele at umconnect.umt.edu>
>     Subject: Re: Samples for NMR
>
>     Harmen, we would like to run a CL ND in the NMR as a control for both
> the myotoxin and cytochrome C experiments. We figure the CL would be a good
> model also for myotoxin. Can we use the old samples or should we try a new
> prep without the his tag? We could potentially double-check the quality by
> AUC first.  I think Amy also still has some of the 3s material. -Borries
>
>     On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 16:30 Henrickson, Amy <amy.henrickson at uleth.ca
> <mailto:amy.henrickson at uleth.ca>> wrote:
>     Hello Harmen,
>
>     A while ago you gave me a sample for NMR and it finally looks like we
> may be able to run this.
>     However, I wanted to see if you thought that this nanodisk would still
> be stable, it has been stored at 4C since arrival?
>
>     I was also wondering what exactly the samples was and what buffer it
> was in and the concentration of the sample?
>
>     Thank you,
>     Amy Henrickson
>
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> Biophysics Consortium Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute
> Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Lethbridge
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