TY - GEN AB - Copper‑transporting ATPases ATP7A and ATP7B use six N‑terminal metal‑binding domains (MBDs) to sense cytosolic copper, but how these domains coordinate regulation is unclear. Using biochemical and computational methods, we show that ATP7B’s MBDs form a compact structure that undergoes major reorganization with copper binding or CxxC mutation. MBD2 appears to be the primary copper‑accepting site from ATOX1, with MBD4 and MBD6 acting downstream. ATP7B shows cooperative structural changes not observed in ATP7A, and disease‑associated mutations alter copper‑transfer behavior. These findings support a model in which inter‑MBD loops mediate copper‑dependent conformational signaling. AD - Oregon Health and Science University AU - LeShane, Erik DA - 2010 DO - 10.6083/M4J67DXK DO - DOI ED - Lutsenko, Svetlana ED - Mentor ID - 552 KW - Adenosine Triphosphatases KW - Molecular Chaperones KW - Proteins KW - Copper KW - Oxidation-Reduction KW - Mutation KW - Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome KW - Copper-Transporting ATPases KW - Humans KW - Protein Structure, Quaternary KW - menkes disease protein KW - protein structure KW - wilson disease protein KW - atox1 protein KW - oxidation-reduction reaction L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/552/files/553_etd.pdf L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/552/files/553_etd.pdf L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/552/files/553_etd.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/552/files/553_etd.pdf N2 - Copper‑transporting ATPases ATP7A and ATP7B use six N‑terminal metal‑binding domains (MBDs) to sense cytosolic copper, but how these domains coordinate regulation is unclear. Using biochemical and computational methods, we show that ATP7B’s MBDs form a compact structure that undergoes major reorganization with copper binding or CxxC mutation. MBD2 appears to be the primary copper‑accepting site from ATOX1, with MBD4 and MBD6 acting downstream. ATP7B shows cooperative structural changes not observed in ATP7A, and disease‑associated mutations alter copper‑transfer behavior. These findings support a model in which inter‑MBD loops mediate copper‑dependent conformational signaling. PB - Oregon Health and Science University PY - 2010 T1 - Structural organization and mechanisms of cooperativity in the N-Terminal domains of human CU-ATpases TI - Structural organization and mechanisms of cooperativity in the N-Terminal domains of human CU-ATpases UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/552/files/553_etd.pdf Y1 - 2010 ER -