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Mutual adaptation of a membrane protein and its lipid bilayer during conformational changes

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  • Yonathan Sonntag

    (Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease – PUMPKIN, Danish National Research Foundation
    Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.)

  • Maria Musgaard

    (Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease – PUMPKIN, Danish National Research Foundation
    Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.)

  • Claus Olesen

    (Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease – PUMPKIN, Danish National Research Foundation
    Aarhus University, Ole Worms Allé 1185, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.)

  • Birgit Schiøtt

    (Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
    Centre for Insoluble Protein Structures – inSPIN, Danish National Research Foundation)

  • Jesper Vuust Møller

    (Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease – PUMPKIN, Danish National Research Foundation
    Aarhus University, Ole Worms Allé 1185, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.)

  • Poul Nissen

    (Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease – PUMPKIN, Danish National Research Foundation
    Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.)

  • Lea Thøgersen

    (Centre for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Disease – PUMPKIN, Danish National Research Foundation
    Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
    Bioinformatics Research Centre, Aarhus University, C.F. Møllers Allé 8, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.)

Abstract

The structural elucidation of membrane proteins continues to gather pace, but we know little about their molecular interactions with the lipid environment or how they interact with the surrounding bilayer. Here, with the aid of low-resolution X-ray crystallography, we present direct structural information on membrane interfaces as delineated by lipid phosphate groups surrounding the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+–ATPase (SERCA) in its phosphorylated and dephosphorylated Ca2+-free forms. The protein–lipid interactions are further analysed using molecular dynamics simulations. We find that SERCA adapts to membranes of different hydrophobic thicknesses by inducing local deformations in the lipid bilayers and by undergoing small rearrangements of the amino-acid side chains and helix tilts. These mutually adaptive interactions allow smooth transitions through large conformational changes associated with the transport cycle of SERCA, a strategy that may be of general nature for many membrane proteins.

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  • Yonathan Sonntag & Maria Musgaard & Claus Olesen & Birgit Schiøtt & Jesper Vuust Møller & Poul Nissen & Lea Thøgersen, 2011. "Mutual adaptation of a membrane protein and its lipid bilayer during conformational changes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 2(1), pages 1-7, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:2:y:2011:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms1307
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1307
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