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. 1993 Mar;2(3):339–347. doi: 10.1002/pro.5560020306

Total synthesis and functional properties of the membrane-intrinsic protein phospholamban.

T Vorherr 1, A Wrzosek 1, M Chiesi 1, E Carafoli 1
PMCID: PMC2142388  PMID: 8384040

Abstract

The membrane-intrinsic protein phospholamban (PLN), the regulatory protein of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase, was chemically synthesized. The synthesis was accomplished by double couplings and efficient capping procedures, thus eliminating hydrophobic failure sequences. The crude peptide was purified by high-performance liquid chromatographic ion exchange and gel permeation chromatography in chloroform-methanol mixtures. Ion spray mass spectroscopy showed that the product had the correct molecular mass. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis runs produced the typical monomer-pentamer structural pattern. A predominantly helical CD spectrum was obtained in 0.075% C12E8 (67.9% helix, 1.8% beta, 12.2% turn, 18.1% random coil). Synthetic PLN was phosphorylated in detergent solutions by protein kinase A with a stoichiometry close to 1:1 (Pi to PLN monomer). Reconstitution of the isolated skeletal muscle SR Ca2+ ATPase in phosphatidylcholine membranes in the presence of PLN using the freezing and thawing technique yielded a preparation with lower Ca(2+)-dependent ATPase activity. The inhibition was mainly due to a decrease in the affinity (Km(Ca)) of the ATPase for Ca2+ and was partially reversed by PLN phosphorylation with protein kinase A. By contrast, addition of PLN to diluted intact SR vesicles uncoupled the Ca(2+)-transport reaction, suggesting an ionophoric effect of PLN. Because this effect was observed at very high PLN-to-SR vesicle ratios and was not influenced by PLN phosphorylation, its biological function is doubtful.

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