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Solution NMR studies reveal the location of the second transmembrane domain of the human sigma-1 receptor.

ABSTRACT: The sigma-1 receptor (S1R) is a ligand-regulated membrane chaperone protein associated with endoplasmic reticulum stress response, and modulation of ion channel activities at the plasma membrane. We report here a solution NMR study of a S1R construct (S1R(?35)) in which only the first transmembrane domain and the eight-residue N-terminus have been removed. The second transmembrane helix is found to be composed of residues 91-107, which corresponds to the first steroid binding domain-like region. The cytosolic domain is found to contain three helices, and the secondary structure and backbone dynamics of the chaperone domain are consistent with that determined previously for the chaperone domain alone. The position of TM2 provides a framework for ongoing studies of S1R ligand binding and oligomerisation.

SUBMITTER: Ortega-Roldan JL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4332692 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Solution NMR studies reveal the location of the second transmembrane domain of the human sigma-1 receptor.

Ortega-Roldan Jose Luis JL Ossa Felipe F Amin Nader T NT Schnell Jason R JR

FEBS letters 20150131 5

The sigma-1 receptor (S1R) is a ligand-regulated membrane chaperone protein associated with endoplasmic reticulum stress response, and modulation of ion channel activities at the plasma membrane. We report here a solution NMR study of a S1R construct (S1R(Δ35)) in which only the first transmembrane domain and the eight-residue N-terminus have been removed. The second transmembrane helix is found to be composed of residues 91-107, which corresponds to the first steroid binding domain-like region. ...[more]

PMID: 25647032

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