buffer (10 mM MES, 150 mM NaCl, pH 6.5, or 20 mM Tris, 150 mM NaCl,
pH 8.0), fluorescent dextran of 10 kDa in size (Sigma; FD10, final
concentration of 1 mg/mL) and proteins in the following combinations:
50 nM Y406A alone, 5 μM D22M alone or premixed 50 nM Y406A +
5 μM D22M. Mixtures were incubated for 30 min at room temperature
before imaging. Images were recorded on DMI6000 CS inverted microscope
with TCS SP5 laser scanning system (both Leica Microsystems, Germany)
with a 63 × oil-immersion objective (numerical aperture = 1.4).
The rhodamine-containing GUV membrane was excited at 550 nm, and emission
was detected from 570 to 600 nm. FD10 were excited at 488 nm, and
emission was detected from 497 to 527 nm. Percent of permeabilization
was calculated from green channel fluorescent intensities in ImageJ
software, namely fluorescent intensities inside the vesicles were
divided by background intensities outside the vesicles. For each condition
50 to 500 GUVs were analyzed.