Three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy of the calcium ion pump in the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 362 (6419), 469-471
- https://doi.org/10.1038/362469a0
Abstract
The ATP-driven calcium pump (Ca(2+)-ATPase) is an integral membrane protein (M(r) 110K) which relaxes striated muscle by pumping calcium out of the cytoplasm into the sarcoplasmic reticulum against a large concentration gradient. Recent efforts have attempted to relate the sequence of Ca(2+)-ATPase to its structure and function. In particular, site-directed mutagenesis has identified critical amino-acid residues, and its predicted secondary structure, which includes ten transmembrane helices, has gained experimental support. But direct visualization of the molecule has so far been limited to the cytoplasmic domains at low resolution. We present here the three-dimensional structure of Ca(2+)-ATPase in the native sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane at 14 A resolution, determined by cryo-electron microscopy and helical image analysis. The structure shows an unexpected transmembrane organization, consisting of three distinct segments, one of which is highly inclined. These features can be related to earlier predictions of secondary structure.Keywords
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