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Table 3 Predicted penetration depths (D) and binding energies (ΔG calc ) of peripheral proteins, whose orientations with respect to the membrane have been previously suggested based on their 3D structures

From: The role of hydrophobic interactions in positioning of peripheral proteins in membranes

Protein

PDB id

ΔG calc (kcal/mol)

D(Ã…)

References

Lipid clamps

GRK2 kinase -βγ complex

2bcj

-5.5

5.0

[131]

Seminal plasma protein

1h8p

-12.3

9.2

[132]

Myotubularin-related protein

1zvr

-2.3

2.9

[133]

Other proteins

Fatty acid amine hydrolase

1mt5

-30.8

10.0

[134]

Signal peptidase

1kn9

-4.5

4.5

[135]

Lanosterol synthase

1w6k

-19.9

6.5

[136]

Monoamine oxidase

1o5w

-19.9

6.5

[137]

Prostaglandin E synthase

1z9h

-13.1

4.4

[49]

Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 2

2h4t

-8.3

3.6

[138]

Major envelope glycoprotein E

1ok8

-9.9

4.9

[139]

Ferrochelatase

1hrk

-9.2

7.2

[140]

Sphingomyelinase C

1zwx

-6.2

6.0

[141]

α-Toxin (bacterial phospholipase C)

1olp

-4.8

3.3

[142]

β-glycosidase

1vff

-6.5

3.3

[143]

Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

1y5m

-14.9

3.0

[144]

Carotenoid oxygenase

2biw

-12.7

5.1

[145]

α-Tocopherol transfer protein

1oiz

-20.7

8.4

[146]

Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein

1aua

-14.0

7.8

[147]

Ganglioside GM2 activator

1pub

-7.8

5.2

[148]

Oxysterol-binding protein

1zi7

-5.9

3.0

[149]

Viscotoxin A3

1okh

-4.0

5.8

[150]

  1. aOther examples include phospholipases A2 and C, microbial and mammalian lipases, annexins, mammalian cytochromes P450, and fatty acid binding proteins [5, 11, 48].
  2. bStructures with removed transmembrane helices.