Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA.
Biomolecules. 2023 Jul 17;13(7):1138. doi: 10.3390/biom13071138.
Myoglobin (Mb) interaction with the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) promotes oxygen (O) release. However, comprehensive molecular details on specific contact regions of the OMM with oxygenated (oxy-) and deoxygenated (deoxy-)Mb are missing. We used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to explore the interaction of oxy- and deoxy-Mb with the membrane lipids of the OMM in two lipid compositions: (a) a typical whole membrane on average, and (b) specifically the cardiolipin-enriched cristae region (contact site). Unrestrained relaxations showed that on average, both the oxy- and deoxy-Mb established more stable contacts with the lipids typical of the cristae contact site, then with those of the average OMM. However, in steered detachment simulations, deoxy-Mb clung more tightly to the average OMM, and oxy-Mb strongly preferred the contact sites of the OMM. The MD simulation analysis further indicated that a non-specific binding, mediated by local electrostatic interactions, existed between charged or polar groups of Mb and the membrane, for stable interaction. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first computational study providing the molecular details of the direct Mb-mitochondria interaction that assisted in distinguishing the preferred localization of oxy- and deoxy-Mb on the OMM. Our findings support the existing experimental evidence on Mb-mitochondrial association and shed more insights on Mb-mediated O transport for cellular bioenergetics.
肌红蛋白 (Mb) 与外线粒体膜 (OMM) 的相互作用促进了氧气 (O) 的释放。然而,关于 OMM 与氧合 (oxy-) 和去氧 (deoxy-)Mb 特定接触区域的全面分子细节仍然缺失。我们使用分子动力学 (MD) 模拟来探索氧合和去氧 Mb 与 OMM 膜脂在两种脂质组成中的相互作用:(a) 平均而言,整个膜,和 (b) 特别是富含心磷脂的嵴区 (接触位点)。无约束松弛表明,平均而言,氧合和去氧 Mb 都与嵴接触位点的典型脂质建立了更稳定的接触,然后与平均 OMM 的脂质建立了更稳定的接触。然而,在受控制的分离模拟中,去氧 Mb 更紧密地附着在平均 OMM 上,而氧合 Mb 强烈偏好 OMM 的接触位点。MD 模拟分析进一步表明,在带电荷或极性基团的 Mb 与膜之间存在非特异性结合,由局部静电相互作用介导,以实现稳定的相互作用。据我们所知,这是第一个提供直接 Mb-线粒体相互作用的分子细节的计算研究,有助于区分 OMM 上 oxy-和 deoxy-Mb 的优先定位。我们的发现支持 Mb-线粒体关联的现有实验证据,并为 Mb 介导的细胞生物能学中的 O 运输提供了更多的见解。