Title
Properties of Omp2a-Based Supported Lipid Bilayers: Comparison with Polymeric Bioinspired Membranes
Date Issued
31 August 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Puiggalí-Jou A.
Pawlowski J.
Michaux C.
Perpète E.A.
Sek S.
Alemán C.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
Omp2a β-barrel outer membrane protein has been reconstituted into supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) to compare the nanomechanical properties (elastic modulus, adhesion forces, and deformation) and functionality of the resulting bioinspired system with those of Omp2a-based polymeric nanomembranes (NMs). Protein reconstitution into lipid bilayers has been performed using different strategies, the most successful one consisting of a detergent-mediated process into preformed liposomes. The elastic modulus obtained for the lipid bilayer and Omp2a are ∼19 and 10.5 ± 1.7 MPa, respectively. Accordingly, the protein is softer than the lipid bilayer, whereas the latter exhibits less mechanical strength than polymeric NMs. Besides, the function of Omp2a in the SLB is similar to that observed for Omp2a-based polymeric NMs. Results open the door to hybrid bioinspired substrates based on the integration of Omp2a-proteoliposomes and nanoperforated polymeric freestanding NMs.
Start page
9003
End page
9019
Volume
3
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85051503879
Source
ACS Omega
ISSN of the container
24701343
Sponsor(s)
Authors acknowledge MINECO/FEDER (MAT2015-69367-R) and the Ageǹcia de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017SGR359) for financial support. S.S. is grateful for the support from National Science Centre within the project no. 2016/21/B/ST4/02122. Support for the research of C.A. was received through the prize “ICREA Academia” for excellence in research funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. C.M. and E.A.P. are grateful to the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research for their research associate and senior research associate positions, respectively.
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