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  • Title: Structure--function relationship of the human erythrocyte plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase revealed by V8 protease treatment.
    Author: Wang KK, Roufogalis BD, Kuo TH.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1991 Oct 15; 279 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):537-44. PubMed ID: 1835379.
    Abstract:
    Treatment of the solubilized and purified Ca(2+)-translocating ATPase (Ca(2+)-ATPase) (136 kDa) from human erythrocyte plasma membranes with endoproteinase Glu-C from Staphylococcus aureus strain V8 (V8 protease) yielded transient fragments of 96 kDa and 76 kDa and more stable fragments of 60 kDa and 37/36 kDa (doublet). The presence of calmodulin did not alter the fragmentation pattern. The 60 kDa fragment contains the protein kinase C (bovine brain) phosphorylation site(s), which we previously localized in the C-terminal region [Wang, Wright, Machan, Allen, Conigrave & Roufogalis (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 9078-9085]. On the other hand, the 37/36 kDa fragments possess the ability to form an acyl-phosphate intermediate. Furthermore, the presence of the 60 kDa and 37/36 kDa fragments together results in expression of calmodulin-sensitive Ca(2+)-ATPase activity. However, further degradation of the 60 kDa fragment was coupled with the appearance of calmodulin-independent activity, whereas the 37/36 kDa fragment doublet remained stable. It was concluded that the 60 kDa and the 37/36 kDa fragments: (a) together represent the C-terminal two-thirds of the enzyme, which is functional as an Ca(2+)-ATPase, (b) were produced by a single cleavage near the C-terminal side of the cytosolic catalytic domain, and (c) probably remain physically and functionally associated even after cleavage has occurred. At the C-terminus, the basic calmodulin-binding domain is flanked by two highly acidic regions (domains A and B). Our results indicate that domains A and B, despite containing many Asp and Glu residues, were not readily cleaved by V8 protease, which is known to cleave selectively peptide bonds at the C-terminal side of Asp and Glu. However, if the Ca(2+)-ATPase were pre-digested with calpain I from human erythrocytes, which removed its calmodulin-binding domain (along with domain B), multiple cleavages by V8 protease in domain A were then readily observed. We propose that the calmodulin-binding domain is closely associated with the acidic domains A and B and that these acidic domains might help to co-ordinate the stimulation of the enzyme by calmodulin.
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