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Mutating the Conserved Q-loop Glutamine 1291 Selectively Disrupts Adenylate Kinase-dependent Channel Gating of the ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) Adenylate Kinase Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) and Reduces Channel Function in Primary Human Airway Epithelia
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Mutating the Conserved Q-loop Glutamine 1291 Selectively Disrupts Adenylate Kinase-dependent Channel Gating of the ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) Adenylate Kinase Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) and Reduces Channel Function in Primary Human Airway Epithelia

Qian Dong, Sarah E Ernst, Lynda S Ostedgaard, Viral S Shah, Amanda R Ver Heul, Michael J Welsh and Christoph O Randak
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.290(22), pp.14140-14153
05/29/2015
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.611616
PMCID: PMC4447984
PMID: 25887396
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Abstract

The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and two other non-membrane-bound ABC proteins, Rad50 and a structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein, exhibit adenylate kinase activity in the presence of physiologic concentrations of ATP and AMP or ADP (ATP + AMP ⇆ 2 ADP). The crystal structure of the nucleotide-binding domain of an SMC protein in complex with the adenylate kinase bisubstrate inhibitor P(1),P(5)-di(adenosine-5') pentaphosphate (Ap5A) suggests that AMP binds to the conserved Q-loop glutamine during the adenylate kinase reaction. Therefore, we hypothesized that mutating the corresponding residue in CFTR, Gln-1291, selectively disrupts adenylate kinase-dependent channel gating at physiologic nucleotide concentrations. We found that substituting Gln-1291 with bulky side-chain amino acids abolished the effects of Ap5A, AMP, and adenosine 5'-monophosphoramidate on CFTR channel function. 8-Azidoadenosine 5'-monophosphate photolabeling of the AMP-binding site and adenylate kinase activity were disrupted in Q1291F CFTR. The Gln-1291 mutations did not alter the potency of ATP at stimulating current or ATP-dependent gating when ATP was the only nucleotide present. However, when physiologic concentrations of ADP and AMP were added, adenylate kinase-deficient Q1291F channels opened significantly less than wild type. Consistent with this result, we found that Q1291F CFTR displayed significantly reduced Cl(-) channel function in well differentiated primary human airway epithelia. These results indicate that a highly conserved residue of an ABC transporter plays an important role in adenylate kinase-dependent CFTR gating. Furthermore, the results suggest that adenylate kinase activity is important for normal CFTR channel function in airway epithelia.
Immunohistochemistry Biotinylation Epithelial Cells - metabolism Mutagenesis, Site-Directed Humans Adenosine Monophosphate - chemistry Adenosine Diphosphate - chemistry Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator - metabolism Amino Acid Motifs Chloride Channels - metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic Patch-Clamp Techniques Adenylate Kinase - metabolism ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters - metabolism Bronchi - metabolism Protein Binding Glutamine - chemistry HeLa Cells Mutation Adenosine Triphosphate - chemistry Adenylate Kinase - genetics Binding Sites

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