The second Ca2+-binding domain of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger is essential for regulation: crystal structures and mutational analysisThe second Ca2+-binding domain of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger is essential for regulation: crystal structures and mutational analysis

Structural highlights

2qvm is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Canis lupus familiaris. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.703Å
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Function

NAC1_CANLF Mediates the exchange of one Ca(2+) ion against three to four Na(+) ions across the cell membrane, and thereby contributes to the regulation of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels and Ca(2+)-dependent cellular processes (PubMed:1700476, PubMed:1785844, PubMed:9486131, PubMed:17962412). Contributes to Ca(2+) transport during excitation-contraction coupling in muscle. In a first phase, voltage-gated channels mediate the rapid increase of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels due to release of Ca(2+) stores from the endoplasmic reticulum. SLC8A1 mediates the export of Ca(2+) from the cell during the next phase, so that cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels rapidly return to baseline. Required for normal embryonic heart development and the onset of heart contractions (By similarity).[UniProtKB:P70414][1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger plays a central role in cardiac contractility by maintaining Ca(2+) homeostasis. Two Ca(2+)-binding domains, CBD1 and CBD2, located in a large intracellular loop, regulate activity of the exchanger. Ca(2+) binding to these regulatory domains activates the transport of Ca(2+) across the plasma membrane. Previously, we solved the structure of CBD1, revealing four Ca(2+) ions arranged in a tight planar cluster. Here, we present structures of CBD2 in the Ca(2+)-bound (1.7-A resolution) and -free (1.4-A resolution) conformations. Like CBD1, CBD2 has a classical Ig fold but coordinates only two Ca(2+) ions in primary and secondary Ca(2+) sites. In the absence of Ca(2+), Lys(585) stabilizes the structure by coordinating two acidic residues (Asp(552) and Glu(648)), one from each of the Ca(2+)-binding sites, and prevents a substantial protein unfolding. We have mutated all of the acidic residues that coordinate the Ca(2+) ions and have examined the effects of these mutations on regulation of exchange activity. Three mutations (E516L, D578V, and E648L) at the primary Ca(2+) site completely remove Ca(2+) regulation, placing the exchanger into a constitutively active state. These are the first data defining the role of CBD2 as a regulatory domain in the Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger.

The second Ca2+-binding domain of the Na+ Ca2+ exchanger is essential for regulation: crystal structures and mutational analysis.,Besserer GM, Ottolia M, Nicoll DA, Chaptal V, Cascio D, Philipson KD, Abramson J Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Nov 20;104(47):18467-72. Epub 2007 Oct 25. PMID:17962412[6]

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References

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  2. Nicoll DA, Philipson KD. Molecular studies of the cardiac sarcolemmal sodium-calcium exchanger. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991;639:181-8. PMID:1785844
  3. Besserer GM, Ottolia M, Nicoll DA, Chaptal V, Cascio D, Philipson KD, Abramson J. The second Ca2+-binding domain of the Na+ Ca2+ exchanger is essential for regulation: crystal structures and mutational analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Nov 20;104(47):18467-72. Epub 2007 Oct 25. PMID:17962412
  4. Chaptal V, Ottolia M, Mercado-Besserer G, Nicoll DA, Philipson KD, Abramson J. Structure and functional analysis of a Ca2+ sensor mutant of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger. J Biol Chem. 2009 May 29;284(22):14688-92. Epub 2009 Mar 30. PMID:19332552 doi:10.1074/jbc.C900037200
  5. Linck B, Qiu Z, He Z, Tong Q, Hilgemann DW, Philipson KD. Functional comparison of the three isoforms of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX1, NCX2, NCX3). Am J Physiol. 1998 Feb;274(2 Pt 1):C415-23. PMID:9486131
  6. Besserer GM, Ottolia M, Nicoll DA, Chaptal V, Cascio D, Philipson KD, Abramson J. The second Ca2+-binding domain of the Na+ Ca2+ exchanger is essential for regulation: crystal structures and mutational analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Nov 20;104(47):18467-72. Epub 2007 Oct 25. PMID:17962412

2qvm, resolution 1.70Å

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