title: Intersubunit and intrasubunit contact regions of Na+/K(+)-ATPase revealed by controlled proteolysis and chemical cross-linking.
abstract: To identify interfaces of alpha- and beta-subunits of Na+/K(+)-ATPase, and contact points between different regions of the same alpha-subunit, purified kidney enzyme preparations whose alpha-subunits were subjected to controlled proteolysis in different ways were solubilized with digitonin to disrupt intersubunit alpha,alpha-interactions, and oxidatively cross-linked. The following disulfide cross-linked products were identified by gel electrophoresis, staining with specific antibodies, and N-terminal analysis. 1) In the enzyme that was partially cleaved at Arg438-Ala439, the cross-linked products were an alpha,beta-dimer, a dimer of N-terminal and C-terminal alpha fragments, and a trimer of beta and the two alpha fragments. 2) From an extensively digested enzyme that contained the 22-kDa C-terminal and several smaller fragments of alpha, two cross-linked products were obtained. One was a dimer of the 22-kDa C-terminal peptide and an 11-kDa N-terminal peptide containing the first two intramembrane helices of alpha (H1-H2). The other was a trimer of beta, the 11-kDa, and the 22-kDa peptides. 3) The cross-linked products of a preparation partially cleaved at Leu266-Ala267 were an alpha,beta-dimer and a dimer of beta and the 83-kDa C-terminal fragment. Assuming the most likely 10-span model of alpha, these findings indicate that (a) the single intramembrane helix of beta is in contact with portions of H8-H10 intramembrane helices of alpha; and (b) there is close contact between N-terminal H1-H2 and C-terminal H8-H10 segments of alpha; with the most probable interacting helices being the H1,H10-pair and the H2,H8-pair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008, USA.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sarvazyan
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Modyanov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Askari
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001665:Binding Sites; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D003300:Copper / Q000494:pharmacology; D019327:Copper Sulfate; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004285:Dogs; D010450:Endopeptidases; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000201:enzymology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012756:Sheep; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D003300:Copper; D010450:Endopeptidases; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D019327:Copper Sulfate