Three-dimensional map of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase in the open conformation

Manfred Auer, Gene A. Scarborough and Werner Kühlbrandt ()
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Manfred Auer: Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik
Gene A. Scarborough: University of North Carolina
Werner Kühlbrandt: Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik

Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6678, 840-843

Abstract: Abstract The H+-ATPase from the plasma membrane of Neurospora crassa is an integral membrane protein of relative molecular mass 100K, which belongs to the P-type ATPase family that includes the plasma membrane Na+/K+-ATPase and the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. The H+-ATPase pumps protons across the cell's plasma membrane using ATP as an energy source, generating a membrane potential in excess of 200 mV (1–3). Despite the importance of P-type ATPases in controlling membrane potential and intracellular ion concentrations, little is known about the molecular mechanism they use for ion transport. This is largely due to the difficulty in growing well ordered crystals and the resulting lack of detail in the three-dimensional structure of these large membrane proteins. We have now obtained a three-dimensional map of the H+-ATPase by electron crystallography of two-dimensional crystals grown directly on electron microscope grids. At an in-plane resolution of 8 Å, this map reveals ten membrane-spanning α-helices in the membrane domain, and four major cytoplasmic domains in the open conformation of the enzyme without bound ligands.

Date: 1998
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