文摘
We have used the 2.6 Å structure of the rabbit sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca<SUP>2+-ATPase isoform 1a, SERCA1a [Toyoshima, C., Nakasako, M., Nomura, H. and Ogawa, H. (2000) Nature 405, 647–655], to build models by homology modelling of two plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPases, Arabidopsis thaliana AHA2 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae PMA1. We propose that in both yeast and plant PM H+-ATPases a strictly conserved aspartate in transmembrane segment (M)6 (D684<sub>AHA2sub>/D730<sub>PMA1sub>), and three backbone carbonyls in M4 (I282<sub>AHA2sub>/I331<sub>PMA1sub>, G283<sub>AHA2sub>/I332<sub>PMA1sub> and I285<sub>AHA2sub>/V334<sub>PMA1sub>) comprise a binding site for H<sub>3sub>O+, suggesting a previously unknown mechanism for transport of protons. Comparison with the structure of the SERCA1a made it feasible to suggest a possible receptor region for the C-terminal auto-inhibitory domain extending from the phosphorylation and anchor domains into the transmembrane region.