TY - JOUR
T1 - Probing excited states and activation energy for the integral membrane protein phospholamban by NMR CPMG relaxation dispersion experiments
AU - Traaseth, Nathaniel J.
AU - Veglia, Gianluigi
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Martin Gustavsson and Lei Shi for stimulating discussion. This work was supported by NIH Grants ( GM64742 , HL80081 , and GM072701 ) to G.V.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Phospholamban (PLN) is a dynamic single-pass membrane protein that inhibits the flow of Ca2+ ions into the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of heart muscle by directly binding to and inhibiting the SR Ca2+ATPase (SERCA). The PLN monomer is the functionally active form that exists in equilibrium between ordered (T state) and disordered (R state) states. While the T state has been fully characterized using a hybrid solution/solid-state NMR approach, the R state structure has not been fully portrayed. It has, however, been detected by both NMR and EPR experiments in detergent micelles and lipid bilayers. In this work, we quantitatively probed the μs to ms dynamics of the PLN excited states by observing the T state in DPC micelles using CPMG relaxation dispersion NMR spectroscopy under functional conditions for SERCA. The 15N backbone and 13Cδ1 Ile-methyl dispersion curves were fit using a two-state equilibrium model, and indicate that residues within domain Ia (residues 1-16), the loop (17-22), and domain Ib (23-30) of PLN undergo μs-ms dynamics (kex = 6100 ±800 s- 1 at 17 °C). We measured kex at additional temperatures, which allowed for a calculation of activation energy equal to ∼ 5 kcal/mol. This energy barrier probably does not correspond to the detachment of the amphipathic domain Ia, but rather the energy needed to unwind domain Ib on the membrane surface, likely an important mechanism by which PLN converts between high and low affinity states for its binding partners.
AB - Phospholamban (PLN) is a dynamic single-pass membrane protein that inhibits the flow of Ca2+ ions into the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of heart muscle by directly binding to and inhibiting the SR Ca2+ATPase (SERCA). The PLN monomer is the functionally active form that exists in equilibrium between ordered (T state) and disordered (R state) states. While the T state has been fully characterized using a hybrid solution/solid-state NMR approach, the R state structure has not been fully portrayed. It has, however, been detected by both NMR and EPR experiments in detergent micelles and lipid bilayers. In this work, we quantitatively probed the μs to ms dynamics of the PLN excited states by observing the T state in DPC micelles using CPMG relaxation dispersion NMR spectroscopy under functional conditions for SERCA. The 15N backbone and 13Cδ1 Ile-methyl dispersion curves were fit using a two-state equilibrium model, and indicate that residues within domain Ia (residues 1-16), the loop (17-22), and domain Ib (23-30) of PLN undergo μs-ms dynamics (kex = 6100 ±800 s- 1 at 17 °C). We measured kex at additional temperatures, which allowed for a calculation of activation energy equal to ∼ 5 kcal/mol. This energy barrier probably does not correspond to the detachment of the amphipathic domain Ia, but rather the energy needed to unwind domain Ib on the membrane surface, likely an important mechanism by which PLN converts between high and low affinity states for its binding partners.
KW - Ca-ATPase
KW - Membrane Protein
KW - NMR
KW - Phospholamban
KW - Protein Dynamics
KW - Relaxation Dispersion
KW - SERCA
KW - Solution NMR
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.09.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 19781521
AN - SCOPUS:74249121898
VL - 1798
SP - 77
EP - 81
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
SN - 0005-2736
IS - 2
ER -