Structural basis for the reaction cycle of DASS dicarboxylate transporters

  1. David B Sauer
  2. Noah Trebesch
  3. Jennifer J Marden
  4. Nicolette Cocco
  5. Jinmei Song
  6. Akiko Koide
  7. Shohei Koide
  8. Emad Tajkhorshid  Is a corresponding author
  9. Da-Neng Wang  Is a corresponding author
  1. New York University School of Medicine, United States
  2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
  3. University of Illinoi Urbana-Champaign, United States

Abstract

Citrate, α-ketoglutarate and succinate are TCA cycle intermediates that also play essential roles in metabolic signaling and cellular regulation. These di- and tricarboxylates are imported into the cell by the divalent anion sodium symporter (DASS) family of plasma membrane transporters, which contains both cotransporters and exchangers. While DASS proteins transport substrates via an elevator mechanism, to date structures are only available for a single DASS cotransporter protein in a substrate-bound, inward-facing state. We report multiple cryo-EM and X-ray structures in four different states, including three hitherto unseen states, along with molecular dynamics simulations, of both a cotransporter and an exchanger. Comparison of these outward- and inward-facing structures reveal how the transport domain translates and rotates within the framework of the scaffold domain through the transport cycle. Additionally, we propose that DASS transporters ensure substrate coupling by a charge-compensation mechanism, and by structural changes upon substrate release.

Data availability

Cryo-EM maps and models have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank and EMDB database, respectively, for VcINDY-Na+ in amphipol (6WU3, EMD-21904), VcINDY-Na+-Fab84 in nanodisc (6WW5, EMD-21928), LaINDY-apo (6WU1, EMD-21902), LaINDY-aKG (6WU4, EMD-21905), and LaINDY-malate (6WU2, EMD-21903). X-ray derived models and diffraction data have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank for LaINDY-malate-aKG (6WTW) and VcINDY-TTP (6WTX). Coordinates of representative LaINDY structures from MD simulations of the Co-S and Ci-S states will be made publicly available on Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3965996). Bond length analysis code is available at https://github.com/DavidBSauer/bond_length_analysis.

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  1. David B Sauer

    Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  2. Noah Trebesch

    Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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  3. Jennifer J Marden

    Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  4. Nicolette Cocco

    Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  5. Jinmei Song

    Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  6. Akiko Koide

    Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  7. Shohei Koide

    Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States
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  8. Emad Tajkhorshid

    Biochemistry, University of Illinoi Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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    emad@illinois.edu
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  9. Da-Neng Wang

    Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States
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    Da-Neng.Wang@med.nyu.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R01NS108151)

  • Da-Neng Wang

Department of Defense (W81XWH-16-1-0153)

  • David B Sauer

National Science Foundation (1746047)

  • Noah Trebesch

National Institutes of Health (T32GM088118)

  • Nicolette Cocco

Blue Waters and XSEDE (TG-MCA06N060)

  • Emad Tajkhorshid

National Institutes of Health (R01GM121994)

  • Da-Neng Wang

National Institutes of Health (R01DK099023)

  • Da-Neng Wang

National Institutes of Health (U54GM095315)

  • Da-Neng Wang

National Institutes of Health (P41GM104601)

  • Emad Tajkhorshid

National Institutes of Health (R01GM067887)

  • Emad Tajkhorshid

TESS Research Foundation

  • Da-Neng Wang

American Epilepsy Society (AES2017SD3)

  • Da-Neng Wang

American Cancer Society (129844-PF-17-135-01-TBE)

  • David B Sauer

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2020, Sauer et al.

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  1. David B Sauer
  2. Noah Trebesch
  3. Jennifer J Marden
  4. Nicolette Cocco
  5. Jinmei Song
  6. Akiko Koide
  7. Shohei Koide
  8. Emad Tajkhorshid
  9. Da-Neng Wang
(2020)
Structural basis for the reaction cycle of DASS dicarboxylate transporters
eLife 9:e61350.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61350

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