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Structural model for the organization of the transmembrane spans of the human red-cell anion exchanger (band 3; AE1).

ABSTRACT: We have examined the functional co-assembly of non-complementary pairs of N- and C-terminal polypeptide fragments of the anion transport domain (b3mem) of human red-cell band 3. cDNA clones encoding non-contiguous pairs of fragments with one transmembrane (TM) region omitted, or overlapping pairs of fragments with between one and ten TM regions duplicated, were co-expressed in Xenopus oocytes and a cell-free translation system. Stilbene disulphonate-sensitive chloride uptake assays in oocytes revealed that the omission of any single TM region of b3mem except spans 6 and 7 caused a complete loss of functional expression. In contrast, co-expressed pairs of fragments overlapping a single TM region 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-10 or 11-12 retained a high level of functionality, whereas fragments overlapping the clusters of TM regions 2-5, 4-5, 5-8 and 8-10 also mediated some stilbene disulphonate-sensitive uptake. The co-assembly of N- or C-terminal fragments with intact band 3, b3mem or other fragments was examined by co-immunoprecipitation in non-denaturing detergent solutions by using monoclonal antibodies against the termini of b3mem. All the fragments, except for TM spans 13-14, co-immunoprecipitated with b3mem. The medium-sized N-terminal fragments comprising spans 1-6, 1-7 or 1-8 co-immunoprecipitated particularly strongly with the C-terminal fragments containing spans 8-14 or 9-14. The fragments comprising spans 1-4 or 1-12 co-immunoprecipitated less extensively than the other N-terminal fragments with either b3mem or C-terminal fragments. There is sufficient flexibility in the structure of b3mem to allow the inclusion of at least one duplicated TM span without a loss of function. We propose a working model for the organization of TM spans of dimeric band 3 based on current evidence.

SUBMITTER: Groves JD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1220691 | biostudies-other | 1999 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:The human erythrocyte anion exchanger (AE1, Band 3) contains up to 14 transmembrane segments, with a single site of N-glycosylation at Asn642 in extracellular (EC) loop 4. Scanning and insertional N-glycosylation mutagenesis were used to determine the folding pattern of AE1 in the membrane. Full-length AE1, when expressed in transfected human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 or COS-7 cells, retained a high-mannose oligosaccharide structure. Scanning N-glycosylation mutagenesis of EC loop 4 showed that N-glycosylation acceptor sites (Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr) spaced 12 residues from the ends of adjacent transmembrane segments could be N-glycosylated. An acceptor site introduced at position 743 in intracellular (IC) loop 5 that could be N-glycosylated in a cell-free translation system was not N-glycosylated in transfected cells. Mutations designed to disrupt the folding of this loop enhanced the level of N-glycosylation at Asn743 in vitro. The results suggest that this loop might be transiently exposed to the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum during biosynthesis but normally folds rapidly, precluding N-glycosylation. EC loop 4 insertions into positions 428, 484, 754 and 854 in EC loops 1, 2, 6 and 7 respectively were efficiently N-glycosylated, showing that these regions were extracellular. EC loop 4 insertions into positions 731 or 785 were poorly N-glycosylated, which was inconsistent with an extracellular disposition for these regions of AE1. Insertion of EC loop 4 into positions 599 and 820 in IC loops 3 and 6 respectively were not N-glycosylated in cells, which was consistent with a cytosolic disposition for these loops. Inhibitor-affinity chromatography with 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulphonate (SITS)-Affi-Gel was used to assess whether the AE1 mutants were in a native state. Mutants with insertions at positions 428, 484, 599, 731 and 785 showed impaired inhibitor binding, whereas insertions at positions 754, 820 and 854 retained binding. The results indicate that the folding of the C-terminal region of AE1 is more complex than originally proposed and that this region of the transporter might have a dynamic aspect.

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Structural model for the organization of the transmembrane spans of the human red-cell anion exchanger (band 3; AE1).

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