Structural changes in the calcium pump accompanying the dissociation of calcium

Chikashi Toyoshima () and Hiromi Nomura
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Chikashi Toyoshima: The University of Tokyo
Hiromi Nomura: The University of Tokyo

Nature, 2002, vol. 418, issue 6898, 605-611

Abstract: Abstract In skeletal muscle, calcium ions are transported (pumped) against a concentration gradient from the cytoplasm into the sarcoplasmic reticulum, an intracellular organelle. This causes muscle cells to relax after cytosolic calcium increases during excitation. The Ca2+ ATPase that carries out this pumping is a representative P-type ion-transporting ATPase. Here we describe the structure of this ion pump at 3.1 Å resolution in a Ca2+-free (E2) state, and compare it with that determined previously for the Ca2+-bound (E1Ca2+) state. The structure of the enzyme stabilized by thapsigargin, a potent inhibitor, shows large conformation differences from that in E1Ca2+. Three cytoplasmic domains gather to form a single headpiece, and six of the ten transmembrane helices exhibit large-scale rearrangements. These rearrangements ensure the release of calcium ions into the lumen of sarcoplasmic reticulum and, on the cytoplasmic side, create a pathway for entry of new calcium ions.

Date: 2002
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