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| Title | Human calpain-3 forms a homohexamer | |||||||||
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Keywords | Calpain-3 / cysteine protease / Ca2+-dependent / Autoproteolytic / Tissue specific calpain. / METAL BINDING PROTEIN | |||||||||
| Biological species | Homo sapiens (human) | |||||||||
| Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 3.85 Å | |||||||||
Authors | Ye Q / Serrao VHB / Davies PL | |||||||||
| Funding support | Canada, 1 items
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Citation | Journal: J Biol Chem / Year: 2025Title: Human calpain-3 and its structural plasticity: Dissociation of a homohexamer into dimers on binding titin. Authors: Qilu Ye / Amy Henrickson / Borries Demeler / Vitor Hugo Balasco Serrão / Peter L Davies / ![]() Abstract: Calpain-3 is an intracellular Ca-dependent cysteine protease abundant in skeletal muscle. Loss-of-function mutations in its single-copy gene cause a dystrophy of the limb-girdle muscles. These ...Calpain-3 is an intracellular Ca-dependent cysteine protease abundant in skeletal muscle. Loss-of-function mutations in its single-copy gene cause a dystrophy of the limb-girdle muscles. These mutations, of which there are over 500 in humans, are spread all along this 94-kDa multidomain protein that includes three 40+-residue sequences (NS, IS1, and IS2). The latter sequences are unique to this calpain isoform and are hypersensitive to proteolysis. To investigate the whole enzyme structure and how mutations might affect its activity, we produced the proteolytically more stable 85-kDa calpain-3 ΔNS ΔIS1 form with a C129A inactivating mutation as a recombinant protein in Escherichia coli. During size-exclusion chromatography, this calpain-3 was consistently eluted as a much larger 0.5-MDa complex rather than the expected 170-kDa dimer. Its size, which was confirmed by SEC-MALS, Blue Native PAGE, and AUC, made the complex amenable to single-particle cryo-EM analysis. From two data sets, we obtained a 3.85-Å reconstruction map that shows the complex is a trimer of calpain-3 dimers with six penta-EF-hand domains at its core. Calpain-3 has been reported to bind the N2A region of the giant muscle protein titin. When this 37-kDa region of titin was co-expressed with calpain-3, the multimer was reduced to a 320-kDa particle, which appears to be the calpain dimer bound to several copies of the titin fragment. We suggest that newly synthesized calpain-3 is kept as an inactive hexamer until it binds the N2A region of titin in the sarcomere, whereupon it dissociates into functional dimers. | |||||||||
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Downloads & links
-EMDB archive
| Map data | emd_43646.map.gz | 216.4 MB | EMDB map data format | |
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| Header (meta data) | emd-43646-v30.xml emd-43646.xml | 16.9 KB 16.9 KB | Display Display | EMDB header |
| FSC (resolution estimation) | emd_43646_fsc.xml | 17.9 KB | Display | FSC data file |
| Images | emd_43646.png | 67.8 KB | ||
| Filedesc metadata | emd-43646.cif.gz | 5.6 KB | ||
| Others | emd_43646_half_map_1.map.gz emd_43646_half_map_2.map.gz | 213.2 MB 213.2 MB | ||
| Archive directory | http://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-43646 ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-43646 | HTTPS FTP |
-Validation report
| Summary document | emd_43646_validation.pdf.gz | 757 KB | Display | EMDB validaton report |
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| Full document | emd_43646_full_validation.pdf.gz | 756.5 KB | Display | |
| Data in XML | emd_43646_validation.xml.gz | 21.6 KB | Display | |
| Data in CIF | emd_43646_validation.cif.gz | 28.5 KB | Display | |
| Arichive directory | https://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/validation_reports/EMD-43646 ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/validation_reports/EMD-43646 | HTTPS FTP |
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| EMDB pages | EMDB (EBI/PDBe) / EMDataResource |
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Map
| File | Download / File: emd_43646.map.gz / Format: CCP4 / Size: 229.8 MB / Type: IMAGE STORED AS FLOATING POINT NUMBER (4 BYTES) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 0.826 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Details | EMDB XML:
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-Supplemental data
-Half map: #2
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Sample components
-Entire : Calpain-3 hexamer particle
| Entire | Name: Calpain-3 hexamer particle |
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-Supramolecule #1: Calpain-3 hexamer particle
| Supramolecule | Name: Calpain-3 hexamer particle / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: all |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 514 KDa |
-Macromolecule #1: Human calpain-3
| Macromolecule | Name: Human calpain-3 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO / EC number: calpain-3 |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Recombinant expression | Organism: ![]() |
| Sequence | String: MISRNFPIIG VKEKTFEQLH KKCLEKKVLY VDPEFPPDET SLFYSQKFPI QFVWKRPPEI CENPRFIIDG ANRTDICQGE LGDAWFLAAI ACLTLNQHLL FRVIPHDQSF IENYAGIFHF QFWRYGEWVD VVIDDCLPTY NNQLVFTKSN HRNEFWSALL EKAYAKLHGS ...String: MISRNFPIIG VKEKTFEQLH KKCLEKKVLY VDPEFPPDET SLFYSQKFPI QFVWKRPPEI CENPRFIIDG ANRTDICQGE LGDAWFLAAI ACLTLNQHLL FRVIPHDQSF IENYAGIFHF QFWRYGEWVD VVIDDCLPTY NNQLVFTKSN HRNEFWSALL EKAYAKLHGS YEALKGGNTT EAMEDFTGGV AEFFEIRDAP SDMYKIMKKA IERGSLMGCS IDTIIPVQYE TRMACGLVRG HAYSVTGLDE VPFKGEKVKL VRLRNPWGQV EWNGSWSDRW KDWSFVDKDE KARLQHQVTE DGEFWMSYED FIYHFTKLEI CNLTADALQS DKLQTWTVSV NEGRWVRGCS AGGCRNFPDT FWTNPQYRLK LLEEDDDPDD SEVICSFLVA LMQKNRRKDR KLGASLFTIG FAIYEVPKEM HGNKQHLQKD FFLYNASKAR SKTYINMREV SQRFRLPPSE YVIVPSTYEP HQEGEFILRV FSEKRNLSEE VENTISVDRP VKKKKTKPII FVSDRANSNK ELGVDQESEE GKGKTSPDKQ KQSPQPQPGS SDQESEEQQQ FRNIFKQIAG DDMEICADEL KKVLNTVVNK HKDLKTHGFT LESCRSMIAL MDTDGSGKLN LQEFHHLWNK IKAWQKIFKH YDTDQSGTIN SYEMRNAVND AGFHLNNQLY DIITMRYADK HMNIDFDSFI CCFVRLEGMF RAFHAFDKDG DGIIKLNVLE WLQLTMYALE HHHHHH |
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
| Method | cryo EM |
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Processing | single particle reconstruction |
| Aggregation state | particle |
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Sample preparation
| Concentration | 2.76 mg/mL | |||||||||||||||
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| Buffer | pH: 7.6 Component:
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| Grid | Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 400 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: CONTINUOUS / Support film - Film thickness: 2 / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Time: 15 sec. | |||||||||||||||
| Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 295 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV |
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Electron microscopy
| Microscope | FEI TITAN KRIOS |
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| Specialist optics | Energy filter - Name: GIF Bioquantum / Energy filter - Slit width: 20 eV |
| Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / Number grids imaged: 1 / Average exposure time: 2.5 sec. / Average electron dose: 60.0 e/Å2 |
| Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Electron optics | Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Cs: 2.7 mm / Nominal defocus max: 3.2 µm / Nominal defocus min: 0.8 µm / Nominal magnification: 105000 |
| Sample stage | Specimen holder model: FEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER / Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN |
| Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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