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Discontinuous membrane helices in transport proteins and their correlation with function

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Screpanti,  Emanuela
Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max Planck Society;

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Hunte,  Carola
Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max Planck Society;

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Screpanti, E., & Hunte, C. (2007). Discontinuous membrane helices in transport proteins and their correlation with function. Journal of Structural Biology, 159(2), 261-267. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2007.01.011.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0024-D8E1-5
Abstract
α-Helical bundles and β-barrel proteins represent the two basic types of architecture known for integral membrane proteins. Irregular structural motifs have been revealed with the growing number of structures determined. “Discontinuous” helices are present in membrane proteins that actively transport ions. In the Ca2+-ATPase, a primary active transporter, and in the secondary transporters NhaA, LeuTAa, ClC H+/Cl exchanger and GltPh, the helical structure of two membrane segments is interrupted and the interjacent polypeptide chain forms an extended peptide. The discontinuous helices are integrated in the membrane either as transmembrane-spanning or hairpin-type segments. In addition, the secondary transporters have inverted internal duplication domains, which are only weakly correlated with their amino acid sequence. The symmetry comprises either parts of or the complete molecule, but always includes the discontinuous helices. The helix–peptide–helix motif is correlated with the ion translocation function. The extended peptides with their backbone atoms, the helix termini and the polar/charged amino acid residues in close vicinity provide the basis for ion recognition, binding and translocation.