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1: J Biol Chem. 1991 Jul 5;266(19):12682-9.

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Structural perturbation of the transmembrane region interferes with calcium binding by the Ca2+ transport ATPase.

Sumbilla C, Cantilina T, Collins JH, Malak H, Lakowicz JR, Inesi G.

Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.

The Ca(2+)-ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum reacts with N-cyclohexyl-N'-(4-dimethylamino-1-naphthyl) carbodiimide (NCD4) yielding a fluorescence labeling that interferes with calcium binding to activating and transport sites of the enzyme and, thereby, with Ca(2+)-dependent ATPase activity. On the other hand, the catalytic site does not appear altered, as revealed by the normal occurrence of Ca(2+)-independent reactions, such as enzyme phosphorylation with Pi in the reverse direction of the catalytic cycle. This reaction is not inhibited by Ca2+ in the labeled enzyme, while it is inhibited in the native enzyme. The NCD4 reaction which is involved in functional inactivation occurs in the membrane-bound portion of the ATPase. Sodium dodecyl sulfate solubilization of hydrophobic peptides, electrophoresis, and microsequencing of transblotted electrophoretic bands revealed that the fluorescent NCD4 label resides in a segment of tryptic fragment A1, intervening between Glu231 and Glu309. This segment includes two transmembrane helices, and does not include the domain involved in the phosphoryl transfer reaction during catalytic activity. This specific labeling does not occur when the NCD4 derivatization procedure is carried out in the presence of Ca2+ concentrations that also prevent functional inactivation. Fluorescence characterization by steady state and intensity decay measurements shows only negligible energy transfer between the NCD4 label and fluorescein isothiocyanate label of Lys515, indicating that the NCD4 label is unlikely to reside within the extramembranous region of the ATPase. On the other hand, the fluorescence emission of intrinsic tryptophan residues clustered within or near the transmembrane region of the ATPase, is distinctly affected by NCD4 label specifically bound to the ATPase, and NCD4 label nonspecifically bound to the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. The combined sequencing and spectroscopic observations indicate that derivatization with NCD4 induces a perturbation within or near the transmembrane region of the ATPase (at a relatively large distance from the catalytic site) that interferes with specific calcium binding. This is in agreement with experiments (Clarke et al., 1989) demonstrating that mutations of any of six amino acids within the transmembrane region of the ATPase interfere with enzyme activation by Ca2+.

PMID: 1829458 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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