锚定
锚蛋白重复序列
波段3
细胞生物学
细胞骨架
膜蛋白
生物
红细胞
生物物理学
细胞质
化学
生物化学
膜
细胞
基因
作者
Xian Xia,Shiheng Liu,Zhou Zh
标识
DOI:10.1038/s41594-022-00779-7
摘要
The cytoskeleton of a red blood cell (RBC) is anchored to the cell membrane by the ankyrin complex. This complex is assembled during RBC genesis and comprises primarily band 3, protein 4.2 and ankyrin, whose mutations contribute to numerous human inherited diseases. High-resolution structures of the ankyrin complex have been long sought-after to understand its assembly and disease-causing mutations. Here, we analyzed native complexes on the human RBC membrane by stepwise fractionation. Cryo-electron microscopy structures of nine band-3-associated complexes reveal that protein 4.2 stabilizes the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 dimer. In turn, the superhelix-shaped ankyrin binds to this protein 4.2 via ankyrin repeats (ARs) 6–13 and to another band 3 dimer via ARs 17–20, bridging two band 3 dimers in the ankyrin complex. Integration of these structures with both prior data and our biochemical data supports a model of ankyrin complex assembly during erythropoiesis and identifies interactions essential for the mechanical stability of RBC. The authors solved structures of nine native band 3-associated complexes from human red blood cell membrane by cryo-EM. Integration of structural and biochemical data supports a model of ankyrin complex assembly during erythropoiesis.
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