8SGI

Cryo-EM structure of human NCX1 in complex with SEA0400

Summary for 8SGI

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb8sgi/pdb
• EMDB information: 40456
• Descriptor: Sodium/calcium exchanger 1, Fab light chain, Fab heavy chain, ... (7 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: na/ca exchanger, sodium calcium exchanger, transport protein
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (human); More
• Total number of polymer chains: 3
• Total formula weight: 158037.57

Authors

Xue, J.,Jiang, Y. (deposition date: 2023-04-12, release date: 2024-04-24, Last modification date: 2025-05-28)

Primary citation

Xue, J.,Zeng, W.,John, S.,Attiq, N.,Ottolia, M.,Jiang, Y.
Structural mechanisms of PIP 2 activation and SEA0400 inhibition in human cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger NCX1.
Biorxiv, 2025

PubMed Abstract: Na/Ca exchangers (NCXs) transport Ca across the plasma membrane in exchange for Na and play a vital role in maintaining cellular Ca homeostasis. Our previous structural study of human cardiac NCX1 (HsNCX1) reveals the overall architecture of the eukaryotic exchanger and the formation of the inactivation assembly by the intracellular regulatory domain that underlies the cytosolic Na-dependent inactivation and Ca activation of NCX1. Here we present the cryo-EM structures of HsNCX1 in complex with a physiological activator phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP), or pharmacological inhibitor SEA0400 that enhances the inactivation of the exchanger. We demonstrate that PIP binding stimulates NCX1 activity by inducing a conformational change at the interface between the TM and cytosolic domains that destabilizes the inactivation assembly. In contrast, SEA0400 binding in the TM domain of NCX1 stabilizes the exchanger in an inward-facing conformation that facilitates the formation of the inactivation assembly, thereby promoting the Na-dependent inactivation of NCX1. Thus, this study reveals the structural basis of PIP activation and SEA0400 inhibition of NCX1 and provides some mechanistic understandings of cellular regulation and pharmacology of NCX family proteins.

PubMed: 39677781
DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.05.627058

Experimental method

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (2.9 Å)