Protonation of the acidic residues in the transmembrane cation-binding sites of the ca(2+) pump

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 May 4;127(17):6150-1. doi: 10.1021/ja0427505.

Abstract

The ionization states of the acidic residues around the Ca2+-binding sites of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase are studied by continuum electrostatic calculations and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations with explicit solvent and phospholipids. The two methods consistently indicate that Glu58 and Glu908 are protonated at neutral pH. The Ca2+ coordination and the H-bonds formed by the protonation of Glu58 and Glu908 are stable in an MD simulation, whereas the H-bonds are disrupted and the Ca2+ coordination geometry is severely altered in another simulation treating these residues unprotonated. The results clearly indicate that the H-bonds formed by protonation of Glu58 and Glu908 provide extra stability for the Ca2+-binding sites of Ca2+ ATPase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Calcium / chemistry
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases / chemistry*
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Conformation
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases
  • Static Electricity
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases
  • Calcium