J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 14, 6526-6530, 05, 1987

The ATP-binding site of the erythrocyte membrane Ca2+ pump. Amino acid sequence of the fluorescein isothiocyanate-reactive region

AG Filoteo, JP Gorski and JT Penniston

The erythrocyte plasma membrane Ca2+-pumping ATPase is known to form an acyl-phosphate catalytic intermediate, but there is otherwise little structural information linking it to the other mammalian ion-pumping ATPases which also form phosphorylated intermediates (the Na+, K+- ATPase of plasma membranes, the Ca2+-ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum, and the H+, K+-ATPase of gastric mucosa). We show here that this enzyme possesses a fluorescein isothiocyanate-reactive region similar to that possessed by these other ATPases. Low concentrations (10 microM) of fluorescein isothiocyanate inhibit the ATPase activity of this pump, and this inhibition is prevented by 4 mM ATP. ATP also inhibits the reaction of fluorescein isothiocyanate with a single amino acid residue on the 138-kDa polypeptide chain. A tryptic fragment containing the fluorescein-conjugated residue was isolated by high pressure liquid chromatography. The sequence of this peptide was determined to be NH2- Met1-Tyr2-Ser3-Lys4-Gly5-Ala6-Ser7-Glu8++ +-Ile9-Ile10-Leu11-Arg12- COOH; fluorescein isothiocyanate reacts with the lysine residue. The identities of residues 4-8 are the same as those in a sequence common to the other ATPases mentioned above, except that serine-7 of this sequence is changed to a proline in those ATPases. This substitution, sometimes not considered a homologous one, is not expected to have a major effect on the secondary structure or polarity of this region. Outside of this 5-residue core region of the fluorescein isothiocyanate- reactive site, the homologies among the different ion-pumping ATPases are limited.
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