钙离子(Ca^2+)是重要的第二信使,通过与效应蛋白的结合和解离,以及在不同细胞器之间的穿梭运动而精确调控细胞活动,参与多种重要生命过程。细胞内具有精确调节Ca^2+时空分布的调控系统。在静息状态下,细胞内的游离Ca^2+浓度约为100nmol/L;而当细胞受到信号刺激后,胞内的Ca^2+浓度可上升至1000nmol/L甚至更高。细胞中存在多种跨膜运送Ca抖的膜蛋白,以精确调节Ca^2+浓度的时空动态变化,其中,细胞质膜上的多种C矿通道(包括电压门控通道、受体门控通道、储存控制通道等),以及内质网/肌质网和线粒体等胞内“钙库”膜上的雷诺丁受体、三磷酸肌醇受体等膜蛋白复合物,均可提升胞内Ca^2+浓度,而细胞质膜上的钠钙交换体、质膜Ca^2+ATP酶、“钙库”膜上的内质网Ca^2+-ATP酶、线粒体Ca抖单向转运体等,可将Ca^2+浓度降低至静息态水平。质膜钙ATP酶是向细胞外运送Ca^2+的关键膜蛋白,本文将对其结构、功能及其酶活性的调控机制做一简要综述。
By binding with effector proteins and translocation within the intracellular membrane systems, calcium ion (Ca2+) is central in the regulation of a large number of fundamental cellular physiological functions, and the dynamics of Ca2. must be tightly regulated. In quiescent cells, the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+) is about 100 nmol/L; however, when the cells were activated by various stimuli, the [Ca2+] reaches as high as 1000 nmol/L. A set of membrane proteins are responsible for transporting the Ca2+ across the membrane, among them, various Ca2+ channels located on the plasma membrane (including voltage-gated channel, receptor-gated channel, and store-operated channel) or the intracellular membranes (ryanodine receptor, IP3 receptor) are responsible for the elevation of [Ca2+], whilst calcium ATPases (also known as calcium pumps), sodium/calcium exchanger and mitochondrial uniporter are responsible for the decrease of [Ca2+]. Calcium ATPases anchored in plasma membrane (PMCA) shows high affinity to Ca2+ and is one of the crucial membrane proteins for the efflux of Ca2+ The structure, function and regulation mechanisms of PMCA will be reviewed here.