Conformational dynamics of auto-inhibition in the ER calcium sensor STIM1

  1. Stijn van Dorp
  2. Ruoyi Qiu
  3. Ucheor B Choi
  4. Minnie M Wu
  5. Michelle Yen
  6. Michael Kirmiz
  7. Axel T Brunger
  8. Richard S Lewis  Is a corresponding author
  1. Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
  2. West Virginia University School of Medicine, United States
  3. Stanford University School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

Abstract

The dimeric ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1 controls store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) through the regulated binding of its CRAC activation domain (CAD) to Orai channels in the plasma membrane. In resting cells, the STIM1 CC1 domain interacts with CAD to suppress SOCE, but the structural basis of this interaction is unclear. Using single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) and protein crosslinking approaches, we show that CC1 interacts dynamically with CAD in a domain-swapped configuration with an orientation predicted to sequester its Orai-binding region adjacent to the ER membrane. Following ER Ca2+ depletion and release from CAD, cysteine crosslinking indicates that the two CC1 domains become closely paired along their entire length in the active Orai-bound state. These findings provide a structural basis for the dual roles of CC1: sequestering CAD to suppress SOCE in resting cells and propelling it towards the plasma membrane to activate Orai and SOCE after store depletion.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files; Source Data files have been provided for Figure 1 - figure supplement 1-3, Figure 2 - figure supplement 1, Figure 3 - figure supplement 1, Figure 4 - figure supplement 1, Figure 5 - figure supplement 1, Figure 5 - figure supplement 2, Figure 5 - figure supplement 3, Figure 7, Figure 7 - figure supplement 1, and Figure 7 - figure supplement 2.Custom code used to analyze smFRET data is available at https://github.com/vandorp/stim1_paper

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  1. Stijn van Dorp

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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  2. Ruoyi Qiu

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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  3. Ucheor B Choi

    Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, United States
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  4. Minnie M Wu

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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  5. Michelle Yen

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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  6. Michael Kirmiz

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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  7. Axel T Brunger

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, United States
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    Axel T Brunger, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  8. Richard S Lewis

    Immunology Program and Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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    rslewis@stanford.edu
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    Richard S Lewis, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R37GM45374)

  • Richard S Lewis

Mathers Charitable Foundation

  • Richard S Lewis

Stanford University (Discovery Innovation Award)

  • Richard S Lewis

National Institutes of Health (R37MH63105)

  • Axel T Brunger

Dutch Research Council NWO (Rubicon postdoctoral fellowship 825.13.027)

  • Stijn van Dorp

American Heart Association (postdoctoral fellowship 16POST30780015)

  • Stijn van Dorp

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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© 2021, van Dorp et al.

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  1. Stijn van Dorp
  2. Ruoyi Qiu
  3. Ucheor B Choi
  4. Minnie M Wu
  5. Michelle Yen
  6. Michael Kirmiz
  7. Axel T Brunger
  8. Richard S Lewis
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Conformational dynamics of auto-inhibition in the ER calcium sensor STIM1
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