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Fahrner, M; Pandey, SK; Muik, M; Traxler, L; Butorac, C; Stadlbauer, M; Zayats, V; Krizova, A; Plenk, P; Frischauf, I; Schindl, R; Gruber, HJ; Hinterdorfer, P; Ettrich, R; Romanin, C; Derler, I.
Communication between N terminus and loop2 tunes Orai activation.
J BIOL CHEM. 2018; 293(4): 1271-1285. Doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.812693 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Schindl Rainer
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Abstract:: Ca²⁺release-activated Ca²⁺(CRAC) channels constitute the major Ca²⁺entry pathway into the cell. They are fully reconstituted via intermembrane coupling of the Ca²⁺-selective Orai channel and the Ca²⁺-sensing protein STIM1. In addition to the Orai C terminus, the main coupling site for STIM1, the Orai N terminus is indispensable for Orai channel gating. Although the extended transmembrane Orai N-terminal region (Orai1 amino acids 73-91; Orai3 amino acids 48-65) is fully conserved in the Orai1 and Orai3 isoforms, Orai3 tolerates larger N-terminal truncations than Orai1 in retaining store-operated activation. In an attempt to uncover the reason for these isoform-specific structural requirements, we analyzed a series of Orai mutants and chimeras. We discovered that it was not the N termini, but the loop2 regions connecting TM2 and TM3 of Orai1 and Orai3 that featured distinct properties, which explained the different, isoform-specific behavior of Orai N-truncation mutants. Atomic force microscopy studies and MD simulations suggested that the remaining N-terminal portion in the non-functional Orai1 N-truncation mutants formed new, inhibitory interactions with the Orai1-loop2 regions, but not with Orai3-loop2. Such a loop2 swap restored activation of the N-truncation Orai1 mutants. To mimic interactions between the N terminus and loop2 in full-length Orai1 channels, we induced close proximity of the N terminus and loop2 via cysteine cross-linking, which actually caused significant inhibition of STIM1-mediated Orai currents. In aggregate, maintenance of Orai activation required not only the conserved N-terminal region but also permissive communication of the Orai N terminus and loop2 in an isoform-specific manner. © 2018 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
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