A calcium pump made visible
A calcium pump made visible
The first high-resolution structure of a P-type ATPase, that of the Ca2+-ATPase of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum, was published in 2000. This structure has provided many clues to how the Ca2+-ATPase might work, but no complete answers. The Ca2+-ATPase structure reveals no clear pathway from the cytoplasmic side of the membrane to the pair of high-affinity binding sites for Ca2+ located in the transmembrane region of the ATPase and no clear pathway from these sites to the lumenal side of the membrane. The ATPase is therefore very unlike an ion channel in its construction. It is unclear from the crystal structure of the Ca2+-ATPase exactly how the protein sits within the lipid bilayer that surrounds it in the membrane. The Ca2+-ATPase is implicated in thermogenesis in some types of muscle; this could involve processes of slippage and leak modulated by interaction between the Ca2+-ATPase and sarcolipin.
P-type ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase, ATP hydrolysis, calcium-binding sites, gating, transport, slippage, thermogenesis, sarcolipin
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Lee, Anthony.G.
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1 August 2002
Lee, Anthony.G.
0891914c-e0e2-4ee1-b43e-1b70eb072d8e
Abstract
The first high-resolution structure of a P-type ATPase, that of the Ca2+-ATPase of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum, was published in 2000. This structure has provided many clues to how the Ca2+-ATPase might work, but no complete answers. The Ca2+-ATPase structure reveals no clear pathway from the cytoplasmic side of the membrane to the pair of high-affinity binding sites for Ca2+ located in the transmembrane region of the ATPase and no clear pathway from these sites to the lumenal side of the membrane. The ATPase is therefore very unlike an ion channel in its construction. It is unclear from the crystal structure of the Ca2+-ATPase exactly how the protein sits within the lipid bilayer that surrounds it in the membrane. The Ca2+-ATPase is implicated in thermogenesis in some types of muscle; this could involve processes of slippage and leak modulated by interaction between the Ca2+-ATPase and sarcolipin.
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Published date: 1 August 2002
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P-type ATPase, Ca2+-ATPase, ATP hydrolysis, calcium-binding sites, gating, transport, slippage, thermogenesis, sarcolipin
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Local EPrints ID: 55957
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55957
ISSN: 0959-440X
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Date deposited: 07 Aug 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 10:58
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