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PDBsum entry 2b5f

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2b5f

 

 

 

 

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Protein chains
236 a.a. *
224 a.a. *
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
2b5f
Name: Transport protein,membrane protein
Title: Crystal structure of the spinach aquaporin sopip2;1 in an open conformation to 3.9 resolution
Structure: Aquaporin. Chain: a, b, c, d. Synonym: plasma membrane intrinsic protein. Sopip2. Engineered: yes
Source: Spinacia oleracea. Spinach. Organism_taxid: 3562. Expressed in: pichia pastoris. Expression_system_taxid: 4922.
Biol. unit: Tetramer (from PQS)
Resolution:
3.90Å     R-factor:   0.290     R-free:   0.332
Authors: S.Tornroth-Horsefield,Y.Wang,K.Hedfalk,U.Johanson,M.Karlsson, E.Tajkhorshid,R.Neutze,P.Kjellbom
Key ref:
S.Törnroth-Horsefield et al. (2006). Structural mechanism of plant aquaporin gating. Nature, 439, 688-694. PubMed id: 16340961 DOI: 10.1038/nature04316
Date:
28-Sep-05     Release date:   20-Dec-05    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
Q41372  (Q41372_SPIOL) -  Aquaporin from Spinacia oleracea
Seq:
Struc:
281 a.a.
236 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
Q41372  (Q41372_SPIOL) -  Aquaporin from Spinacia oleracea
Seq:
Struc:
281 a.a.
224 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 

 
DOI no: 10.1038/nature04316 Nature 439:688-694 (2006)
PubMed id: 16340961  
 
 
Structural mechanism of plant aquaporin gating.
S.Törnroth-Horsefield, Y.Wang, K.Hedfalk, U.Johanson, M.Karlsson, E.Tajkhorshid, R.Neutze, P.Kjellbom.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
Plants counteract fluctuations in water supply by regulating all aquaporins in the cell plasma membrane. Channel closure results either from the dephosphorylation of two conserved serine residues under conditions of drought stress, or from the protonation of a conserved histidine residue following a drop in cytoplasmic pH due to anoxia during flooding. Here we report the X-ray structure of the spinach plasma membrane aquaporin SoPIP2;1 in its closed conformation at 2.1 A resolution and in its open conformation at 3.9 A resolution, and molecular dynamics simulations of the initial events governing gating. In the closed conformation loop D caps the channel from the cytoplasm and thereby occludes the pore. In the open conformation loop D is displaced up to 16 A and this movement opens a hydrophobic gate blocking the channel entrance from the cytoplasm. These results reveal a molecular gating mechanism which appears conserved throughout all plant plasma membrane aquaporins.
 
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Figure 2.
Figure 2: Structures of the closed and open conformations of SoPIP2;1. a, Stereo models of SoPIP2;1 in its open (blue) and closed (green) conformations overlaid on that of AQP0 (light grey; Protein Data Bank (PDB) entry 1YMG) and AQP1 (grey; PDB entry 1J4N). b, c, Electron density for loop D in the closed (b) and open (c) conformations. The structural model of the closed conformation is coloured green and the open conformation is coloured blue. Both 2F[o] - F[c] electron density maps are contoured at 1.0 . Residual electron density in c indicates that the closed conformation is also present in partial occupancy.
Figure 5.
Figure 5: Electron density at the sites of regulation by phosphorylation and pH for SoPIP2;1 in its closed conformation. a, Close-up view of the divalent-cation-binding site showing the location of the Cd^2+ ion (purple) and the network of hydrogen bonds linking Gly 30 and Glu 31 through Arg 118 to Arg 190 and Asp 191 of loop D. b, Close-up view of the phosphorylation residue Ser 115, illustrating its hydrogen bond to Glu 31. c, Electron density for Ser 274, which contacts Pro 199 and Leu 200 of a neighbouring monomer of the SoPIP2;1 tetramer. Overlaid in grey is the structure of the open conformation of SoPIP2;1, indicating that a steric clash with Leu 197 prevents helix 5 from adopting this conformation when Ser 274 is dephosphorylated. d, Close-up view of His 193. When protonated, an alternative conformation for His 193 (grey) may be adopted that forms a salt bridge to Asp 28. All 2F[o] - F[c] maps are contoured at 1.0 . Numbers are distances in Å.
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2006, 439, 688-694) copyright 2006.  
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