Ying Yin, Anton Arkhipov, and Klaus Schulten.
Simulations of membrane tubulation by lattices of amphiphysin N-BAR
domains.
Structure, 17:882-892, 2009.
(PMC: 2743466)
YIN2009
Membrane compartments of manifold shapes are found in cells, often sculpted by cellular proteins. In particular, proteins of the BAR domain superfamily participate in membrane sculpting processes in vivo and reshape also in vitro low-curvature membrane liposomes into high-curvature tubes and vesicles. Here we show by means of computer simulations totaling over 1 millisecond, how lattices involving parallel rows of amphiphysin N-BAR domains sculpt flat membranes into tubes. A highly detailed, dynamic picture of the 100-microsecond formation of membrane tubes by lattices of N-BAR domains is obtained. Lattice types inducing a wide range of membrane curvatures, with radii approximately 15 to 100 nm, are explored. The results suggest that multiple lattice types are viable for efficient membrane bending.
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