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CELL
Volume 135, Issue 1, Pages 110-122Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.08.006
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation [800 MHz NMR]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Ontario Cancer Institute Knudson
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Stromal interaction molecule-1 (STIM1) activates store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) in response to diminished luminal Ca2+ levels. Here, we present the atomic structure of the Ca2+-sensing region of STIM1 consisting of the EF-hand and sterile a motif (SAM) domains (EF-SAM). The canonical EF-hand is paired with a previously unidentified EF-hand. Together, the EF-hand pair mediates mutually indispensable hydrophobic interactions between the EF-hand and SAM domains. Structurally critical mutations in the canonical EF-hand, hidden'' EF-hand, or SAM domain disrupt Ca2+ sensitivity in oligomerization via destabilization of the entire EF-SAM entity. In mammalian cells, EF-SAM destabilization mutations within full-length STIM1 induce punctae formation and activate SOCE independent of luminal Ca2+. We provide atomic resolution insight into the molecular basis for STIM1-mediated SOCE initiation and show that the folded/unfolded state of the Ca2+-sensing region of STIM is crucial to SOCE regulation.
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