西亚试剂：structure of a membrane-embedded H+-translocating

Crystal structure of a membrane-embedded H+-translocating pyrophosphatase

Shih-Ming Lin, Jia-Yin Tsai, Chwan-Deng Hsiao, Yun-Tzu Huang, Chen-Liang Chiu,Mu-Hsuan Liu, Jung-Yu Tung, Tseng-Huang Liu, Rong-Long Pan & Yuh-Ju Sun.

H+-translocating pyrophosphatases (H+-PPases) are active proton transporters that establish a proton gradient across the endomembrane by means of pyrophosphate (PPi) hydrolysis.H+-PPases are found primarily as homodimers in the vacuolar membrane of plants and the plasma membrane of several protozoa and prokaryotes.The three-dimensional structure and detailed mechanisms underlying the enzymatic and proton translocation reactions of H+-PPases are unclear. Here we report the crystal structure of a Vigna radiata H+-PPase (VrH+-PPase) in complex with a non-hydrolysable substrate analogue, imidodiphosphate (IDP), at 2.35? resolution.Each VrH+-PPase subunit consists of an integral membrane domain formed by 16 transmembrane helices. IDP is bound in the cytosolic region of each subunit and trapped by numerous charged residues and five Mg2+ ions.A previously undescribed proton translocation pathway is formed by six core transmembrane helices. Proton pumping can be initialized by PPi hydrolysis, and H+ is then transported into the vacuolar lumen through a pathway consisting of Arg242, Asp294, Lys742 and Glu301.We propose a working model of the mechanism for the coupling between proton pumping and PPi hydrolysis by H+-PPases