Structural highlights
Function
[TPC1_ARATH] Functions as a voltage-gated inward-rectifying Ca(2+) channel (VDCC) across the vacuole membrane. Is one of the essential components of the slow vacuolar (SV) channel. Acts as the major ROS-responsive Ca(2+) channel and is the possible target of Al-dependent inhibition. Involved in the regulation of germination and stomatal movement.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Two-pore channels (TPCs) contain two copies of a Shaker-like six-transmembrane (6-TM) domain in each subunit and are ubiquitously expressed in both animals and plants as organellar cation channels. Here we present the crystal structure of a vacuolar two-pore channel from Arabidopsis thaliana, AtTPC1, which functions as a homodimer. AtTPC1 activation requires both voltage and cytosolic Ca2+. Ca2+ binding to the cytosolic EF-hand domain triggers conformational changes coupled to the pair of pore-lining inner helices from the first 6-TM domains, whereas membrane potential only activates the second voltage-sensing domain, the conformational changes of which are coupled to the pair of inner helices from the second 6-TM domains. Luminal Ca2+ or Ba2+ can modulate voltage activation by stabilizing the second voltage-sensing domain in the resting state and shift voltage activation towards more positive potentials. Our Ba2+-bound AtTPC1 structure reveals a voltage sensor in the resting state, providing hitherto unseen structural insight into the general voltage-gating mechanism among voltage-gated channels.
Structure of the voltage-gated two-pore channel TPC1 from Arabidopsis thaliana.,Guo J, Zeng W, Chen Q, Lee C, Chen L, Yang Y, Cang C, Ren D, Jiang Y Nature. 2015 Dec 21. doi: 10.1038/nature16446. PMID:26689363[3]
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References
- ↑ Kawano T, Kadono T, Fumoto K, Lapeyrie F, Kuse M, Isobe M, Furuichi T, Muto S. Aluminum as a specific inhibitor of plant TPC1 Ca2+ channels. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Nov 5;324(1):40-5. PMID:15464979 doi:http://dx.doi.org/S0006-291X(04)02051-0
- ↑ Peiter E, Maathuis FJ, Mills LN, Knight H, Pelloux J, Hetherington AM, Sanders D. The vacuolar Ca2+-activated channel TPC1 regulates germination and stomatal movement. Nature. 2005 Mar 17;434(7031):404-8. PMID:15772667 doi:http://dx.doi.org/nature03381
- ↑ Guo J, Zeng W, Chen Q, Lee C, Chen L, Yang Y, Cang C, Ren D, Jiang Y. Structure of the voltage-gated two-pore channel TPC1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature. 2015 Dec 21. doi: 10.1038/nature16446. PMID:26689363 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16446
