Structural constraints on the transmembrane and juxtamembrane regions of the phospholamban pentamer in membrane bilayers: Gln29 and Leu52 |
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Authors: | Liu Wei Fei Jeffrey Z Kawakami Toru Smith Steven O |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Structural Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5115, USA. |
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Abstract: | The Ca2+-ATPase of cardiac muscle cells transports Ca2+ ions against a concentration gradient into the sarcoplasmic reticulum and is regulated by phospholamban, a 52-residue integral membrane protein. It is known that phospholamban inhibits the Ca2+ pump during muscle contraction and that inhibition is removed by phosphorylation of the protein during muscle relaxation. Phospholamban forms a pentameric complex with a central pore. The solid-state magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR measurements presented here address the structure of the phospholamban pentamer in the region of Gln22-Gln29. Rotational echo double resonance (REDOR) NMR measurements show that the side chain amide groups of Gln29 are in close proximity, consistent with a hydrogen-bonded network within the central pore. 13C MAS NMR measurements are also presented on phospholamban that is 1-13C-labeled at Leu52, the last residue of the protein. pH titration of the C-terminal carboxyl group suggests that it forms a ring of negative charge on the lumenal side of the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. The structural constraints on the phospholamban pentamer described in this study are discussed in the context of a multifaceted mechanism for Ca2+ regulation that may involve phospholamban as both an inhibitor of the Ca2+ ATPase and as an ion channel. |
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