Figure 7.

pH-dependent formation of the insertion-competent state of the T-domain (see text for details). Insertion is promoted by anionic lipids (75PC:25PG, red and 25PC:75PG, blue) and no insertion is observed in 90PC:10PG membrane (green), which is confirmed by topology experiments (Table 1). The formation of insertion-competent state is a result of a pH-dependent transition, distinct from the one resulting in the formation of membrane-competent state (compare to titration profiles in Fig. 3).