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Dynamics of P-type ATPase transport revealed by single-molecule FRET

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Phosphorylation-type (P-type) ATPases are ubiquitous primary transporters that pump cations across cell membranes through the formation and breakdown of a phosphoenzyme intermediate. Structural investigations suggest that the transport mechanism is defined by conformational changes in the cytoplasmic domains of the protein that are allosterically coupled to transmembrane helices so as to expose ion binding sites to alternate sides of the membrane. Here, we have used single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer to directly observe conformational changes associated with the functional transitions in the Listeria monocytogenes Ca2+-ATPase (LMCA1), an orthologue of eukaryotic Ca2+-ATPases. We identify key intermediates with no known crystal structures and show that Ca2+ efflux by LMCA1 is rate-limited by phosphoenzyme formation. The transport process involves reversible steps and an irreversible step that follows release of ADP and extracellular release of Ca2+.

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Figure 1: Single-molecule imaging of LMCA1 dynamics.
Figure 2: Quantifying steps in the first half cycle of transport with E167Q-LMCA1TM–A/P.
Figure 3: Glycine insertion into the A/M1 loop selectively slows the [Ca]E2P to E1 return step.
Figure 4: Model of the conformational dynamics driving pumping of Ca2+ by LMCA1.

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We thank J. V. Møller and the members of the Blanchard and Nissen laboratories for helpful discussions, A. M. Nielsen, T. Klymchuk and L. T. Pedersen for technical assistance, and J. Juul and J. Karlsen for key support on molecular animations. Support for this work was provided by grants from the NIH to S.C.B. (grant number 1R01GM098859), by an EMBO Short-Term Fellowship to M.D., and by Lundbeck Foundation and AIAS COFUND fellowships to M.K. We also thank the Molecular Machines COST Action (CM1306) for helpful support.

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P.N. conceived the study. M.D., with assistance from M.K., J.L.A. and C.R.K., performed site-directed mutagenesis, protein expression, purification, labelling and ATPase activity experiments. M.D. and T.L.-M.S., with guidance from J.P.A., performed and analysed the phosphorylation experiments. D.S.T., with help from S.C.B. and R.B.A., conceived and performed the single-molecule FRET experiments and analysed the data. P.N. and S.C.B. supervised the project. All authors wrote the manuscript.

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Extended Data Figure 1 Functional cycle of P-type ATPases illustrated with SERCA crystal structures.

SERCA crystal structures (PDB accession numbers in clockwise order starting from E1: 4H1W6, 1T5S2, 1T5T2, 3B9B5, 3B9R5, 2C884). The distances between LMCA1TM–A/P labelling sites (T24C and A530C, corresponding to SERCA P26 and E606; shown as green spheres connected by a black line) are shown. The N, P and A domains are shown as red, blue and yellow cartoons, respectively. Transmembrane helices M1–M2, M3–M4 and M5–M10 are shown as pink, wheat, and grey cartoons, respectively. Ca2+ ions are shown as orange spheres. Sarcolipin associated with the 4H1W crystal structure is shown as a cyan cartoon representation. Mutations used to inhibit or slow down partial reactions are depicted in red. Square brackets denote ion occlusion. Ion stoichiometry in the scheme refers to LMCA1.

Extended Data Figure 2 Bulk ATPase activity of LMCA1.

a, Activity measurements were performed under conditions resembling those used for smFRET experiments (1 mM Ca2+, 1 mM ATP, 10 mM Mg2+ and pH 7.6). Time course measurements (n = 2 technical replicates) were subjected to linear regression; the slope provided a measure of the activity. Error bars correspond to 95% confidence intervals of the fit. b, 4.5 nmol of LMCA1TM–A/P was labelled with various amounts of Cy3 and Cy5 dyes (0, 22.5, 45, 90 nmol) in a final volume of 286 μl for 30 min. Labelling efficiency was defined as a corrected ratio of Cy3 or Cy5 absorbance to LMCA1TM–A/P absorbance. Horizontal error bars show s.d. of n = 2 labelling reactions with Cy3 or Cy5 dyes. Activity measurements were performed and analysed as described above.

Extended Data Figure 3 Single molecule TIRF imaging of LMCA1TM–A/P.

a, Schematic of the surface immobilization and imaging strategy. Fluorophores (green sticks) are attached to the engineered cysteine labelling sites in LMCA1TM–A/P, which is depicted as a cartoon with A (yellow), N (red), P (blue), and TM (wheat) domains. b, Wide-field fluorescence images of surface-immobilized LMCA1TM–A/P particles. N is the total number of particles detected. c, Image taken after treatment of the surface with 0.3 M imidazole.

Extended Data Figure 4 Effects of ligands on rapid FRET dynamics in LMCA1TM–A/P.

a, FRET values from all traces were summed into population histograms to reveal subtle shifts in mean FRET efficiency across conditions: 0.1 mM EGTA (black), 1 mM Ca2+ (orange), 1 mM Ca2+ with 1 mM ATP (purple), 1 mM Ca2+ with 1 mM ATPγS (green), and 0.1 mM EGTA with 0.2 mM BeFx (blue). Representative single molecule fluorescence (donor in green and acceptor in red) traces of LMCA1TM–A/P in 0.1 mM EGTA (b) and 1 mM Ca2+ (c). d, Mean FRET efficiency from experiments in the presence of the indicated concentration of Ca2+ and buffer at pH 7.5 (orange) or 6.0 (blue), fitted to Hill equations with EC50 values of 250 μM and 2.5 mM, respectively (vertical lines). The graph shows mean ± s.e.m., n = 3. eh, Representative traces in: EGTA and BeFx (e); 1 mM Ca2+ and 1 mM ATP (f); 1 mM Ca2+ and 1 mM ATPγS (g); and 1 mM each of Ca2+, ADP and AlFx (h). i, j, Distribution of dwell times within the high-FRET (i) and low-FRET (j) states in the presence of 1 mM Ca2+ and 1 mM ATP imaged at 5 ms time resolution. Graph shows mean ± s.e.m., n = 5.

Extended Data Figure 5 Rapid response to Ca2+ and ATP binding to D334N-LMCA1TM–A/P.

a, Representative trace of D334N-LMCA1TM–A/P in the presence of 10 mM Ca2+ and 1 mM ATP. Compare to Fig. 1h and Extended Data Fig. 4f. b, Population average FRET efficiency from representative experiments starting in 0.1 mM EGTA, followed by rapid delivery (vertical dotted line) of 10 mM Ca2+ and 1 mM ATP (red), 10 mM Ca2+ (black), 1 mM ATP with Mg2+ (light green) or 1 mM ATP without Mg2+ (dark green). Experiments were also performed starting in 1 mM ATP with subsequent addition of 10 mM Ca2+ (orange) and starting in 10 mM Ca2+ with subsequent addition of 1 mM ATP (purple). Values were normalized to the initial FRET value before injection. Lines are fits to exponential functions and represent a lower bound for the rate of ligand binding and the subsequent conformational change, limited both by finite mixing time and the time resolution of imaging. c, Time constants from the curves in b. Bars show mean of n = 2 repeats (squares). The ATP/Ca+ATP and Ca/Ca+ATP experiments have higher uncertainty owing to the smaller magnitude change. A response time on the order of a single 15 ms frame (horizontal dotted line) is consistent with the data in all cases.

Extended Data Figure 6 [Ca]E1P–ADP intermediate dwells before E2P formation in E167Q-LMCA1TM–A/P are rare and transient.

a, Example trace of E167Q-LMCA1TM–A/P imaged in EGTA, followed by rapid exchange with 1 mM ATP and 10 μM Ca2+ (vertical dotted line). The expected FRET value of Ca2+-bound states is indicated by a horizontal dotted green line. b, Traces were summed into a population contour plot, showing accumulation in low FRET over time after injection of substrates (vertical dotted line). c, Traces from b were individually post-synchronized to the transition to the low-FRET E2P state (vertical dotted line). No accumulation in higher-FRET states is apparent before the transition. Such accumulation would appear as increased density at FRET = 0.75 and reduced density at lower FRET values just before the vertical dotted line. d, E167Q-LMCA1TM–A/P was pre-incubated with EGTA and 1 mM ATP. The graph shows occupancy in the low-FRET E2P state following addition of Ca2+ and ATP (vertical dotted line) without (black) and with (red) 1 mM ADP. Lines are fits to exponential functions with time constants of 0.16 ± 0.02 and 0.18 ± 0.01, respectively. Points show mean ± s.d., n = 3.

Extended Data Figure 7 Rapid phosphorylation of LMCA1 by [γ-32P]ATP.

a, E167Q-LMCA1WT and LMCA1WT preincubated with Ca2+ were phosphorylated for 10 s at 25 °C in a reaction buffer containing 1 mM CaCl2 and the indicated concentrations of ATP, followed by acid quenching. The solid lines show the best fits to the Hill equation with the Hill coefficient constrained to 1.0. The data are results from a single experiment with half of the points performed in duplicate. b, Quench–flow experiments were carried out at 25 °C by mixing E167Q-LMCA1WT pre-incubated in a reaction buffer supplemented with 0.2 mM EGTA with an equal volume of the same buffer supplemented with 2.2 mM CaCl2 and 10 μM [γ-32P]ATP (final concentration, ~1 mM CaCl2, 5 μM ATP), followed by acid quenching at the indicated times. Phosphorylation is shown relative to the maximum level reached (mean ± s.d., n = 2 independent experiments). The solid line is the best fit of a mono-exponential function. c, Quench–flow experiments were performed at 25 °C by mixing labelled E167Q-LMCA1TM–A/P pre-incubated in a reaction buffer containing 1 mM CaCl2 with an equal volume of the same buffer containing different concentrations of [γ-32P]ATP. Phosphorylation rates were calculated and plotted as a function of [γ-32P]ATP concentration. Error bars show 95% confidence intervals of the fit. The solid line shows the Michaelis–Menten equation resulting in the listed values of Vmax and KM.

Extended Data Figure 8 Modulation of G4-LMCA1TM–A/P dynamics by ligands.

a, Population FRET histograms from imaging G4-LMCA1TM–A/P in the presence of 0.1 mM EGTA (black); 1 mM Ca2+ (orange); 1 mM Ca2+ with 1 mM ATP (purple); 1 mM Ca2+ with 1 mM ATPγS (green); and 0.1 mM EGTA with 0.2 mM BeFx (cyan). bd, Representative smFRET traces from experiments in the presence of EGTA, followed by exchange (vertical line) to 1 mM Ca2+ (b); 1 mM Ca2+ and 1 mM ATPγS (c); and Ca2+ and ATP (d) at low illumination intensity and 200 ms time resolution to show the behaviour of a single transporter molecule on the timescale of minutes. e, Low-FRET state occupancy of G4-LMCA1TM–A/P imaged in the presence of varying concentrations of ATP (purple), Ca2+ (orange), or Mg2+ (red) at pH 7.5; or varying pH (f). Lines are fits to dose–response functions. Graphs show mean ± s.e.m., n = 3. Unless specified, the concentrations of ATP, Ca2+ and Mg2+ are 1 mM, 1 mM and 10 mM, respectively. g, h, Population FRET–time contour plot (g) and representative FRET trace (h) from experiments starting in 1 mM Ca2+ and 1 mM ATP, followed by buffer exchange to replace ATP with 1 mM ATPγS. i, Population average FRET over time from experiments where ATP is replaced with ATPγS (green), ATP is removed (purple) or Ca2+ is removed (orange). Lines are fits to exponential functions with mean time constants of 380 ms. j, Mean frequency of transitions in the presence of 1 mM Ca2+, 1 mM ATP, and the indicated concentrations of ADP. The graph shows mean ± s.d., n = 2.

Extended Data Figure 9 Dwell time distributions of G4-LMCA1TM–A/P with varying ligand concentrations and pH.

G4-LMCA1TM–A/P was imaged in 1 mM ATP, 1 mM Ca2+ and 10 mM Mg2+ at pH 7.5 unless specified otherwise. Sampling of low- and high-FRET states was idealized as shown in Fig. 3b. Graphs show the distribution of dwell times in the high-FRET (a–d) and low-FRET (e–h) states; dwell counts were normalized to the imaging time before photobleaching. Experiments were performed varying the concentration of ATP (a, e); Ca2+ (b, f); or Mg2+ (c, g). In each case, the concentration of the ligand varied as: zero (0.1 mM EGTA; black), 1 μM (blue), 10 μM (green), 100 μM (orange), 1 mM (red) and 10 mM (dark red). d, h Varying pH: 6.0 (black), 6.5 (blue), 7.0 (green), 7.5 (orange), 8.0 (red) and 8.5 (dark red). Error bars are mean ± s.e.m., n = 3.

Extended Data Figure 10 G4-E167Q-LMCA1TM–A/P transits a [Ca]E2P–ADP intermediate on the path to Ca2+ site de-occlusion and stable E2P formation.

G4-E167Q-LMCA1TM–A/P was pre-incubated in 1 mM Ca2+, followed by addition of 1 mM ATP (time zero). a, Representative single-molecule fluorescence and FRET traces from this experiment, with [Ca]E1–ATP, [Ca]E2P–ADP and E2P phases highlighted in yellow, red and green, respectively. b, c, Ensemble FRET histograms of raw traces (b) and traces synchronized to the drop in FRET associated with [Ca]E2P−ADP state formation (c).

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Conformational changes of SERCA time-scaled to visualize LMCA1 dynamics.

The observed dynamics of the LMCA1 cycle have been applied and scaled to a morphed series of conformational changes in rabbit SERCA1a based on the following PDB accession numbers (functional states): 4H1W (E1), 1T5S ((Ca)E1-ATP), 1T5T ([Ca]E1P-ADP), 3B9B (E2P), 3B9R ([H]E2P dephosphorylation), 2C88 ([H]E2). The relative transition rates applied to the morph were based on the data summarized in Fig. 4. (MOV 8840 kb)

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Dyla, M., Terry, D., Kjaergaard, M. et al. Dynamics of P-type ATPase transport revealed by single-molecule FRET. Nature 551, 346–351 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24296

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