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XB-ART-43176
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 Jan 25;1084:1699-704. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1016114108.
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Ca2+-dependent structural rearrangements within Na+-Ca2+ exchanger dimers.

John SA , Ribalet B , Weiss JN , Philipson KD , Ottolia M .


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Cytoplasmic Ca(2+) is known to regulate Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) activity by binding to two adjacent Ca(2+)-binding domains (CBD1 and CBD2) located in the large intracellular loop between transmembrane segments 5 and 6. We investigated Ca(2+)-dependent movements as changes in FRET between exchanger proteins tagged with CFP or YFP at position 266 within the large cytoplasmic loop. Data indicate that the exchanger assembles as a dimer in the plasma membrane. Addition of Ca(2+) decreases the distance between the cytoplasmic loops of NCX pairs. The Ca(2+)-dependent movements detected between paired NCXs were abolished by mutating the Ca(2+) coordination sites in CBD1 (D421A, E451A, and D500V), whereas disruption of the primary Ca(2+) coordination site in CBD2 (E516L) had no effect. Thus, the Ca(2+)-induced conformational changes of NCX dimers arise from the movement of CBD1. FRET studies of CBD1, CBD2, and CBD1-CBD2 peptides displayed Ca(2+)-dependent movements with different apparent affinities. CBD1-CBD2 showed a Ca(2+)-dependent phenotype mirroring full-length NCX but distinct from both CBD1 and CBD2.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cfp tlx2

References [+] :
Besserer, The second Ca2+-binding domain of the Na+ Ca2+ exchanger is essential for regulation: crystal structures and mutational analysis. 2007, Pubmed