Structural basis for the high Ca2+ affinity of the ubiquitous SERCA2b Ca2+ pump

Autor: Mieke Trekels, Eveline Lescrinier, Hugo Ceulemans, Peter Vangheluwe, Luc Raeymaekers, Marc De Maeyer, Frank Wuytack, Ilse Vandecaetsbeek
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(44)
ISSN: 1091-6490
Popis: Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca 2+ ATPase (SERCA) Ca 2+ transporters pump cytosolic Ca 2+ into the endoplasmic reticulum, maintaining a Ca 2+ gradient that controls vital cell functions ranging from proliferation to death. To meet the physiological demand of the cell, SERCA activity is regulated by adjusting the affinity for Ca 2+ ions. Of all SERCA isoforms, the housekeeping SERCA2b isoform displays the highest Ca 2+ affinity because of a unique C-terminal extension (2b-tail). Here, an extensive structure–function analysis of SERCA2b mutants and SERCA1a2b chimera revealed how the 2b-tail controls Ca 2+ affinity. Its transmembrane (TM) segment (TM11) and luminal extension functionally cooperate and interact with TM7/TM10 and luminal loops of SERCA2b, respectively. This stabilizes the Ca 2+ -bound E1 conformation and alters Ca 2+ -transport kinetics, which provides the rationale for the higher apparent Ca 2+ affinity. Based on our NMR structure of TM11 and guided by mutagenesis results, a structural model was developed for SERCA2b that supports the proposed 2b-tail mechanism and is reminiscent of the interaction between the α- and β-subunits of Na + ,K + -ATPase. The 2b-tail interaction site may represent a novel target to increase the Ca 2+ affinity of malfunctioning SERCA2a in the failing heart to improve contractility.
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