Troponin Structural Dynamics in the Native Cardiac Thin Filament Revealed by Cryo Electron Microscopy

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Cardiac muscle contraction occurs due to repetitive interactions between myosin thick and actin thin filaments (TF) regulated by Ca2+ levels, active cross-bridges, and cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyBP-C). The cardiac TF (cTF) has two nonequivalent strands, each comprised of actin, tropomyosin (Tm), and troponin (Tn). Tn shifts Tm away from myosin-binding sites on actin at elevated Ca2+ levels to allow formation of force-producing actomyosin cross-bridges. The Tn complex is comprised of three distinct polypeptides - Ca2+-binding TnC, inhibitory TnI, and Tm-binding TnT. The molecular mechanism of their collective action is unresolved due to lack of comprehensive structural information on Tn region of cTF. C1 domain of cMyBP-C activates cTF in the absence of Ca2+ to the same extent as rigor myosin. Here we used cryo-EM of native cTFs to show that cTF Tn core adopts multiple structural conformations at high and low Ca2+ levels and that the two strands are structurally distinct. At high Ca2+ levels, cTF is not entirely activated by Ca2+ but exists in either partially or fully activated state. Complete dissociation of TnI C-terminus is required for full activation. In presence of cMyBP-C C1 domain, Tn core adopts a fully activated conformation, even in absence of Ca2+. Our data provide a structural description for the requirement of myosin to fully activate cTFs and explain increased affinity of TnC to Ca2+ in presence of active cross-bridges. We suggest that allosteric coupling between Tn subunits and Tm is required to control actomyosin interactions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:436

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Journal of molecular biology - 436(2024), 6 vom: 15. März, Seite 168498

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Risi, Cristina M [VerfasserIn]
Belknap, Betty [VerfasserIn]
Atherton, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Coscarella, Isabella Leite [VerfasserIn]
White, Howard D [VerfasserIn]
Bryant Chase, P [VerfasserIn]
Pinto, Jose R [VerfasserIn]
Galkin, Vitold E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9013-26-7
Actins
Actomyosin
Calcium
Cryo-EM
EC 3.6.4.1
Journal Article
Muscle regulation
Myosin binding protein C
Myosins
SY7Q814VUP
Thin filament
Tropomyosin
Troponin

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168498

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368775437