인문학
사회과학
자연과학
공학
의약학
농수해양학
예술체육학
복합학
지원사업
학술연구/단체지원/교육 등 연구자 활동을 지속하도록 DBpia가 지원하고 있어요.
커뮤니티
연구자들이 자신의 연구와 전문성을 널리 알리고, 새로운 협력의 기회를 만들 수 있는 네트워킹 공간이에요.
초록·키워드
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP<sub>3</sub>Rs) are endoplasmic reticulum Ca<sup>2+</sup> channels whose biphasic dependence on cytosolic Ca<sup>2+</sup> gives rise to Ca<sup>2+</sup> oscillations that regulate fertilization, cell division and cell death. Despite the critical roles of IP<sub>3</sub>R-mediated Ca<sup>2+</sup> responses, the structural underpinnings of the biphasic Ca<sup>2+</sup> dependence that underlies Ca<sup>2+</sup> oscillations are incompletely understood. Here, we collect cryo-EM images of an IP<sub>3</sub>R with Ca<sup>2+</sup> concentrations spanning five orders of magnitude. Unbiased image analysis reveals that Ca<sup>2+</sup> binding does not explicitly induce conformational changes but rather biases a complex conformational landscape consisting of resting, preactivated, activated, and inhibited states. Using particle counts as a proxy for relative conformational free energy, we demonstrate that Ca<sup>2+</sup> binding at a high-affinity site allows IP<sub>3</sub>Rs to activate by escaping a low-energy resting state through an ensemble of preactivated states. At high Ca<sup>2+</sup> concentrations, IP<sub>3</sub>Rs preferentially enter an inhibited state stabilized by a second, low-affinity Ca<sup>2+</sup> binding site. Together, these studies provide a mechanistic basis for the biphasic Ca<sup>2+</sup>-dependence of IP<sub>3</sub>R channel activity.
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