Inter-subunit interaction of gastric H+,K+-ATPase prevents reverse reaction of the transport cycle

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The gastric H+,K+‐ATPase is an ATP‐driven proton pump responsible for generating a million‐fold proton gradient across the gastric membrane. We present the structure of gastric H+,K+‐ATPase at 6.5 Å resolution as determined by electron crystallography of two‐dimensional crystals. The structure shows the catalytic α‐subunit and the non‐catalytic β‐subunit in a pseudo‐E2P conformation. Different from Na+,K+‐ATPase, the N‐terminal tail of the β‐subunit is in direct contact with the phosphorylation domain of the α‐subunit. This interaction may hold the phosphorylation domain in place, thus stabilizing the enzyme conformation and preventing the reverse reaction of the transport cycle. Indeed, truncation of the β‐subunit N‐terminus allowed the reverse reaction to occur. These results suggest that the β‐subunit N‐terminus prevents the reverse reaction from E2P to E1P, which is likely to be relevant for the generation of a large H+ gradient in vivo situation. There is a [Have you seen ...?][1] (June 2009) associated with this Article. [1]: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emboj.2009.137

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