scholarly journals The effects of membrane potential and lanthanides on the conformation of the Ca2+-transport ATPase in sarcoplasmic reticulum

1986 ◽  
Vol 234 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Jona ◽  
A Martonosi
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Fluorescence Intensity ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Fluorescein Isothiocyanate ◽  
Tryptophan Fluorescence ◽  
Lanthanide Ions ◽  
Positive Potential ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Ion Substitution

The effects of Ca2+, lanthanide ions (Gd3+, La3+ and Pr3+) and membrane potential on the fluorescence of tryptophan and covalently bound fluorescein were analysed in native and fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labelled sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles. The binding of Ca2+ and lanthanides to the Ca2+-ATPase increases the fluorescence intensity of tryptophan and decreases the fluorescence intensity of FITC; the dependence of these effects on cation concentration is consistent with the involvement of the high-affinity Ca2+-binding sites of the Ca2+-ATPase in the cation-induced fluorescence changes. The fluorescence of FITC-labelled sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles is also influenced by membrane potential changes induced by ion substitution. Inside positive potential increases, while inside negative potential decreases, the fluorescence of bound FITC. Smaller potential-dependent changes in tryptophan fluorescence were also observed. The effects of Ca2+, lanthanides and membrane potential on the fluorescence of tryptophan and FITC are discussed in terms of the two major conformations of the Ca2+-ATPase (E1 and E2), that are assumed to alternate during Ca2+ transport. The observations support the suggestion [Dux, Taylor, Ting-Beall & Martonosi (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 11730-11743] that the vanadate-induced crystals of Ca2+-ATPase represent the E2, while the Ca2+ and lanthanide-induced crystals the E1, conformation of the enzyme.

scholarly journals Inactivation of sarcoplasmic-reticulum Ca2+-ATPase in low-frequency-stimulated muscle results from a modification of the active site

1992 ◽  
Vol 285 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Matsushita ◽  
D Pette
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Fluorescein Isothiocyanate ◽  
Tryptophan Fluorescence ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Binding Characteristics ◽  
Intrinsic Tryptophan Fluorescence ◽  
Inactive Form ◽  
Induced Changes

Molecular changes underlying the partial inactivation of the sarcoplasmic-reticulum (SR) Ca(2+-) ATPase in low-frequency-stimulated fast-twitch muscle were investigated in the present study. The specific Ca(2+)-ATPase activity, as well as the ATP- and acetyl phosphate-driven Ca2+ uptakes by the SR, were reduced by approx. 30% in 4-day-stimulated muscle. Phosphoprotein formation of the enzyme in the presence of ATP or Pi was also decreased to the same extent. Measurements of ATP binding revealed a 30% decrease in binding to the enzyme. These changes were accompanied by similar decreases in the ligand-induced (ATP, ADP, Pi) intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence. A decreased binding of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) corresponded to the lower ATP binding and phosphorylation of the enzyme. Moreover, Pi-induced changes in fluorescence of the FITC-labelled enzyme did not differ between SR from stimulated and contralateral muscles, indicating that Ca(2+)- ATPase molecules which did not bind FITC were responsible for the decreased Pi-dependent phosphorylation, and therefore represented the inactive form of the enzyme. No differences existed between the Ca(2+)-induced changes in the intrinsic fluorescence of SR from stimulated and contralateral muscles which fit their similar Ca(2+)-binding characteristics. Taking the proposed architecture of the Ca2(+)-ATPase into consideration, our results suggest that the inactivation relates to a circumscribed structural alteration of the enzyme in sections of the active site consisting of the nucleotide-binding and phosphorylation domains.

scholarly journals A model for the phosphorylation of the Ca2+ + Mg2+-activated ATPase by phosphate

1986 ◽  
Vol 237 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Froud ◽  
A G Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Fluorescence Intensity ◽  
Fluorescein Isothiocyanate ◽  
Fluorescence Response

We have shown that changes in fluorescence intensity for the Ca2+ + Mg2+-activated ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum labelled with fluorescein isothiocyanate following the addition of Ca2+ can give the ratio of the two conformations (E1 and E2) of the ATPase. We show that the fluorescence response to Ca2+ is unaffected by Mg2+, phosphate or K+, implying that these ions bind equally well to the E1 and E2 conformations. A model is presented for phosphorylation of the ATPase by phosphate as a function of pH, Mg2+, K+ and Ca2+.

scholarly journals A kinetic model for Ca2+ efflux mediated by the Ca2+ + Mg2+-activated ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum

1987 ◽  
Vol 245 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M McWhirter ◽  
G W Gould ◽  
J M East ◽  
A G Lee
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Adenine Nucleotides ◽  
Contraction Coupling ◽  
High Affinity

We present a model for Ca2+ efflux from vesicles of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). It is proposed that efflux is mediated by the Ca2+ + Mg2+-activated ATPase that is responsible for Ca2+ uptake in this system. In the normal ATPase cycle of the ATPase, phosphorylation of the ATPase is followed by a conformational change in which the Ca2+-binding sites change from being outward-facing and of high affinity to being inward-facing and of low affinity. To mediate Ca2+ efflux, it is proposed that the ATPase can adopt a conformation in which the Ca2+-binding sites are of low affinity but still outward-facing. It is shown that experimental data on the rates of Ca2+ efflux can be simulated in terms of this model, with Ca2+-binding-site affinities previously proposed to explain ATPase activity [Gould, East, Froud, McWhirter, Stefanova & Lee (1986) Biochem. J. 237, 217-227]. Effects of Mg2+ and adenine nucleotides on efflux rates are explained. It is suggested that Ca2+ efflux from SR mediated by the ATPase could be important in excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle.

scholarly journals Conformational transitions in the Ca2+ + Mg2+-activated ATPase and the binding of Ca2+ ions

1986 ◽  
Vol 237 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Froud ◽  
A G Lee
Keyword(s):  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Fluorescein Isothiocyanate ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Conformational Transitions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Effect Of Ph ◽  
High Affinity

We have studied the fluorescence of the Ca2+ + Mg2+-activated ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum labelled with fluorescein isothiocyanate. The change in intensity of fluorescein fluorescence caused by addition of Ca2+ to the labelled ATPase can be interpreted in terms of a two-conformation model for the ATPase, one conformation (E1) having a high affinity for Ca2+, the other (E2) a low affinity. Effects of Ca2+ as a function of pH allow an estimate of the effect of pH on the E1/E2 ratio, consistent with kinetic studies. A model is presented for binding of Ca2+ to the ATPase as a function of pH that is consistent both with the data on the E1/E2 equilibrium and with literature data on Ca2+ binding.

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