Three-dimensional structure of recombinant type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor.

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Wolfram, F
Morris, E
Taylor, CW

Document Type

Journal Article

Date

2010-05-27

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Abstract

IP3Rs (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors) are the intracellular channels that mediate release of Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum in response to the many stimuli that evoke Ins(1,4,5)P3 formation. We characterized and purified type 1 IP3R heterologously expressed in Sf9 insect cells, and used the purified IP3R1 to determine its three-dimensional structure by electron microscopy and single-particle analysis. Recombinant IP3R1 has 4-fold symmetry with overall dimensions of approx. 19.5 nm x 19.5 nm x 17.5 nm. It comprises a small domain, which is likely to include the pore, linked by slender bridges to a large cytoplasmic domain with four petal-like regions. Our structures of recombinant IP3R1 and native cerebellar IP3R have similar appearances and dimensions. The only notable difference is the absence of a central stigma-like domain from the cytoplasmic region of recombinant IP3R1. The first structure of a recombinant IP3R is an important step towards developing three-dimensional structures of IP3R that better contribute to our understanding of the structural basis of IP3R activation.

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The Biochemical journal, 2010, 428 (3), pp. 483 - 489

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PORTLAND PRESS LTD

ISSN

0264-6021

eISSN

1470-8728

Research Team

Structural Electron Microscopy

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