Journal
FEBS JOURNAL
Volume 278, Issue 11, Pages 1818-1829Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08083.x
Keywords
allosteric regulation; atrial natriuretic peptide receptor; guanylyl cyclase; hormone binding; natriuretic peptides; single transmembrane segment receptor; single-particle electron microscopy; structural motif; transmembrane signal transduction; X-ray crystallography
Categories
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [HL54329]
- American Heart Association [09GRNT2250064]
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Alberta Science and Research Investments Program
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and the homologous B-type natriuretic peptide are cardiac hormones that dilate blood vessels and stimulate natriuresis and diuresis, thereby lowering blood pressure and blood volume. ANP and B-type natriuretic peptide counterbalance the actions of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone and neurohormonal systems, and play a central role in cardiovascular regulation. These activities are mediated by natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPRA), a single transmembrane segment, guanylyl cyclase (GC)-linked receptor that occurs as a homodimer. Here, we present an overview of the structure, possible chloride-mediated regulation and signaling mechanism of NPRA and other receptor GCs. Earlier, we determined the crystal structures of the NPRA extracellular domain with and without bound ANP. Their structural comparison has revealed a novel ANP-induced rotation mechanism occurring in the juxtamembrane region that apparently triggers transmembrane signal transduction. More recently, the crystal structures of the dimerized catalytic domain of green algae GC Cyg12 and that of cyanobacterium GC Cya2 have been reported. These structures closely resemble that of the adenylyl cyclase catalytic domain, consisting of a C1 and C2 subdomain heterodimer. Adenylyl cyclase is activated by binding of G(s)alpha to C2 and the ensuing 7 degrees rotation of C1 around an axis parallel to the central cleft, thereby inducing the heterodimer to adopt a catalytically active conformation. We speculate that, in NPRA, the ANP-induced rotation of the juxtamembrane domains, transmitted across the transmembrane helices, may induce a similar rotation in each of the dimerized GC catalytic domains, leading to the stimulation of the GC catalytic activity.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available