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Secondary structure of the membrane-bound domains of H+,K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase, a comparison by FTIR after proteolysis treatment of the native membranes.

par Raussens, Vincent ;Le Maire, M;Ruysschaert, Jean Marie ;Goormaghtigh, Erik
Référence FEBS letters, 437, 3, page (187-192)
Publication Publié, 1998-10

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The sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase and the gastric H+,K+-ATPase were cleaved under three different proteolysis conditions. After elimination of the protease and of the cleaved peptides, the vesicles containing the membrane-bound peptides of the ATPases were studied by Fourier transform attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. In the harsher proteolysis conditions, the membrane-associated domain of the Ca2+-ATPase represented about 20% of the protein and was mainly constituted of alpha-helices. Polarized infrared spectroscopy showed that these alpha-helices were mainly oriented perpendicular to the membrane. However, only 10-20% of the H+,K+-ATPase was cleaved. The remaining, membrane-associated domain of the protein contained about 30% of alpha-helices and 30% of beta-sheet structures. The alpha-helices adopted a mainly transmembrane orientation. While the data on the Ca2+-ATPase are in general agreement with the current model of the protein, our results indicate that caution must be used in choosing this protein as a general structural model for all P-type ATPases. The protease-resistant, membrane-associated domain of the H+K+-ATPase is indeed much larger than predicted and also contained beta-sheet structures.