IQUIFIB   02644
INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA Y FISICOQUIMICA BIOLOGICAS "PROF. ALEJANDRO C. PALADINI"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Calcium Occlusion in the Phosphorylated Intermediate of Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase
Autor/es:
FERREIRA GOMES MS; GONZÁLEZ-LEBRERO RM; DE LA FUENTE MC; ROSSI RC; ROSSI JPFC
Lugar:
Salta
Reunión:
Congreso; SAB 2010-Workshop CeBEM-Protein Society Meeting; 2010
Resumen:
The Plasma Membrane
Calcium ATPase (PMCA) is a calmodulin-regulated P-type ATPase responsible for
the maintenance of low intracellular concentration of Ca2+ in most
eukaryotic cells. The current kinetic model proposes that the enzyme exists in two main
conformations, E1 and E2. After binding of intracellular
Ca2+ to high-affinity sites, E1 can be phosphorylated by
ATP with formation of the intermediate E1P, which would result in
occlusion of bound Ca2+. After a conformational transition to E2P,
Ca2+ would be released to the extracellular medium from low-affinity
sites, the phosphoenzyme is hydrolyzed and the resulting E2
intermediate state undergoes a new conformational transition to E1.
The aim of this work
was to identify the calcium occlusion intermediate and to assess whether the
occlusion of calcium is concomitant with the phosphorylation of the enzyme by
ATP.
We used PMCA obtained by
Baculovirusmediated expression in Sf9 insect cells and isolated as microsomal
membranes. Ca2+ occlusion was measured using the method described by
Rossi et al. (1999) with minor modifications.
We measured the amount of the phosphorylated intermediate and of calcium
occluded in the PMCA as a function of time, under the same experimental
conditions, and obtained similar apparent rate constants. Quantification of EP
and occluded calcium in steady state yield a stoichiometry of one mole of occluded
calcium per mole of phosphoenzyme. Therefore, we can conclude that formation of phosphoenzyme and calcium
occlusion are simultaneous events.