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ArticleBiophysical journal2015

Atomic-level mechanisms for phospholamban regulation of the calcium pump.

L Michel Espinoza-Fonseca, Joseph M Autry, G Lizbeth Ramírez-Salinas, David D Thomas

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

L Michel Espinoza-FonsecaDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Electronic address: espin049@umn.edu.
Joseph M AutryDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
G Lizbeth Ramírez-SalinasLaboratorio de Modelado Molecular y Bioinformática, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
David D ThomasDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
University of Minnesota · USInstituto Politécnico Nacional · MX

Funding

Structural Dynamics of Muscle Calcium ATPase RegulationR01GM027906 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI THOMAS, DAVID D · 1985 to 2016
$8.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM027906NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM27906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed protein pKa calculations and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the calcium pump (sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA)) in complex with phospholamban (PLB). X-ray crystallography studies have suggested that PLB locks SERCA in a low-Ca(2+)-affinity E2 state that is incompatible with metal-ion binding, thereby blocking the conversion toward a high-Ca(2+)-affinity E1 state. Estimation of pKa values of the acidic residues in the transport sites indicates that at normal intracellular pH (7.1-7.2), PLB-bound SERCA populates an E1 state that is deprotonated at residues E309 and D800 yet protonated at residue E771. We performed three independent microsecond-long MD simulations to evaluate the structural dynamics of SERCA-PLB in a solution containing 100 mM K(+) and 3 mM Mg(2+). Principal component analysis showed that PLB-bound SERCA lies exclusively along the structural ensemble of the E1 state. We found that the transport sites of PLB-bound SERCA are completely exposed to the cytosol and that K(+) ions bind transiently (≤5 ns) and nonspecifically (nine different positions) to the two transport sites, with a total occupancy time of K(+) in the transport sites of 80%. We propose that PLB binding to SERCA populates a novel (to our knowledge) E1 intermediate, E1⋅H(+)771. This intermediate serves as a kinetic trap that controls headpiece dynamics and depresses the structural transitions necessary for Ca(2+)-dependent activation of SERCA. We conclude that PLB-mediated regulation of SERCA activity in the heart results from biochemical and structural transitions that occur primarily in the E1 state of the pump.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBinding SitesCalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPhospholambanPotassiumProtein BindingRabbitsSarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPasesCalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsPhospholambanPotassiumSarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases

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PMID25863061
PMCPMC4390807
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