Structures of the FXYD regulatory proteins in lipid micelles and membranes.

ABSTRACT: The FXYD membrane proteins constitute a family of conserved auxiliary subunits of the Na,K-ATPase, and have been the focus of recent attention due to their ability to finely regulate the activity of the enzyme complex in various physiological settings. In this review we describe the structures of the proteins, as well as their dynamics and their associations with the lipid bilayer membrane, which we have recently determined by NMR spectroscopy. Although the proteins are relatively small, their genes contain as many as six to nine small exons, and the coincidence of structured protein segments with their genetic elements suggests assembly from discrete structural modules through exon shuffling. The three-dimensional structures and backbone dynamics provide the foundation for understanding t

SUBMITTER: Franzin CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2917602 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature