基于不对称的晶体结构的Enterococcus hirae V1-ATPase的旋转机制
Satoshi Arai1, Shinya Saijo, Kano Suzuki
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
Nature
|January 22, 2013
概括
空腔ATPases (V-ATPases) 是重要的质子和癌症和骨质疏松症的药物标. 这项研究揭示了V(1)-ATPase的高分辨率不对称结构,阐明了其旋转电机机制.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 分子生物物理学 分子生物物理学
背景情况:
- 空腔ATPases (V-ATPases) 是细胞膜中必不可少的质子,涉及骨再吸收和癌症转移.
- 该V(1) 部分充当旋转电机,但由于有限的高分辨率结构数据,其精确的分子机制尚不清楚.
- 之前的工作建立了Enterococcus hirae V(1)-ATPase的体外表达,净化和复制.
研究的目的:
- 确定无核酸和核酸结合的V(1) -ATPase A(3) B(3) 复合体的高分辨率不对称结构.
- 为了阐明V(1) -ATPase旋转电机的分子机制.
- 提供关于V-ATPases中核酸结合和ATP水解的见解.
主要方法:
- 使用X射线晶体学 (2.8 Å和3.4 Å分辨率) 确定无核酸和核酸结合的V(1) -ATPase A(3) B(3) 复合物的不对称结构.
- 无核酸和核酸结合的晶体结构确定V(1)-ATPase (2.2 Å和2.7 Å分辨率).
主要成果:
- 报告了无核酸 (2.8 Å) 和核酸结合 (3.4 Å) V(1) -ATPase A(3) B(3) 复合物的不对称结构.
- 通过核酸结合引起的观察到的构造变化,表明一个合作的,右手旋转结合顺序.
- 确定无核酸 (2.2 Å) 和核酸结合 (2.7 Å) V(1)-ATPase 的结晶结构.
- 在DF复杂结合时确定了一个更紧密的核酸结合点.
- 表明ATP水解是由保存的氨酸残留物的接近刺激的.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了V(1) -ATPase旋转机制的第一个高分辨率图像.
- 这些发现阐明了V-ATPase功能所必需的结构变化和合作性核酸结合.
- 这些结构为理解V-ATPase活性和开发向治疗提供了分子基础.
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