7WZ0

Cryo-EM structure of Na+,K+-ATPase in the E2P state formed by inorganic phosphate with ouabain

Summary for 7WZ0

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb7wz0/pdb
• Related: 7WYU 7WYV 7WYW 7WYX 7WYY 7WYZ
• EMDB information: 32900
• Descriptor: Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit alpha, CHOLESTEROL, 1,2-DIOLEOYL-SN-GLYCERO-3-PHOSPHOCHOLINE, ... (12 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: na+, k+-atpase, membrane protein, ion transport, transport protein
• Biological source: Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish); More
• Total number of polymer chains: 6
• Total formula weight: 347803.34

Authors

Kanai, R.,Cornelius, F.,Vilsen, B.,Toyoshima, C. (deposition date: 2022-02-16, release date: 2022-04-27)

Primary citation

Kanai, R.,Cornelius, F.,Vilsen, B.,Toyoshima, C.
Cryoelectron microscopy of Na + ,K + -ATPase in the two E2P states with and without cardiotonic steroids.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 119:e2123226119-e2123226119, 2022

PubMed Abstract: Cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) was applied to Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA) to determine the structures of two E2P states, one (E2PATP) formed by ATP and Mg2+ in the forward reaction, and the other (E2PPi) formed by inorganic phosphate (Pi) and Mg2+ in the backward reaction, with and without ouabain or istaroxime, representatives of classical and new-generation cardiotonic steroids (CTSs). These two E2P states exhibit different biochemical properties. In particular, K+-sensitive acceleration of the dephosphorylation reaction is not observed with E2PPi, attributed to the presence of a Mg2+ ion in the transmembrane cation binding sites. The cryo-EM structures of NKA demonstrate that the two E2P structures are nearly identical but Mg2+ in the transmembrane binding cavity is identified only in E2PPi, corroborating the idea that it should be denoted as E2PPi·Mg2+. We can now explain why the absence of transmembrane Mg2+ in E2PATP confers the K+ sensitivity in dephosphorylation. In addition, we show that ATP bridges the actuator (A) and nucleotide binding (N) domains, stabilizing the E2PATP state; CTS binding causes hardly any changes in the structure of NKA, both in E2PATP and E2PPi·Mg2+, indicating that the binding mechanism is conformational selection; and istaroxime binds to NKA, extending its aminoalkyloxime group deep into the cation binding site. This orientation is upside down compared to that of classical CTSs with respect to the steroid ring. Notably, mobile parts of NKA are resolved substantially better in the electron microscopy (EM) maps than in previous X-ray structures, including sugars sticking out from the β-subunit and many phospholipid molecules.

PubMed: 35380894
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2123226119

Experimental method

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (3 Å)