Ladderane phospholipids form a densely packed membrane with normal hydrazine and anomalously low proton/hydroxide permeability release_nfnwsx3dnjdiljaohaplcguuu4

by Frank R. Moss, Steven R. Shuken, Jaron A. M. Mercer, Carolyn M. Cohen, Thomas M. Weiss, Steven G. Boxer, Noah Z. Burns

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

2018   Volume 115, Issue 37, p9098-9103

Abstract

Ladderane lipids are unique to anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria and are enriched in the membrane of the anammoxosome, an organelle thought to compartmentalize the anammox process, which involves the toxic intermediate hydrazine (N2H4). Due to the slow growth rate of anammox bacteria and difficulty of isolating pure ladderane lipids, experimental evidence of the biological function of ladderanes is lacking. We have synthesized two natural and one unnatural ladderane phosphatidylcholine lipids and compared their thermotropic properties in self-assembled bilayers to distinguish between [3]- and [5]-ladderane function. We developed a hydrazine transmembrane diffusion assay using a water-soluble derivative of a hydrazine sensor and determined that ladderane membranes are as permeable to hydrazine as straight-chain lipid bilayers. However, pH equilibration across ladderane membranes occurs 5-10 times more slowly than across straight-chain lipid membranes. Langmuir monolayer analysis and the rates of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching suggest that dense ladderane packing may preclude formation of proton/hydroxide-conducting water wires. These data support the hypothesis that ladderanes prevent the breakdown of the proton motive force rather than blocking hydrazine transmembrane diffusion in anammox bacteria.
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