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'''Structural basis for tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel binding by mu-conotoxin SmIIIA''' | '''Structural basis for tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel binding by mu-conotoxin SmIIIA''' | ||
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==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
Structural basis for tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel binding by mu-conotoxin SmIIIA., Keizer DW, West PJ, Lee EF, Yoshikami D, Olivera BM, Bulaj G, Norton RS, J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 21;278(47):46805-13. Epub 2003 Sep 10. PMID:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12970353 12970353] | Structural basis for tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel binding by mu-conotoxin SmIIIA., Keizer DW, West PJ, Lee EF, Yoshikami D, Olivera BM, Bulaj G, Norton RS, J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 21;278(47):46805-13. Epub 2003 Sep 10. PMID:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12970353 12970353] | ||
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Structural basis for tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel binding by mu-conotoxin SmIIIA
Overview
SmIIIA is a new micro-conotoxin isolated recently from Conus stercusmuscarum. Although it shares several biochemical characteristics with other micro-conotoxins (the arrangement of cysteine residues and a conserved arginine believed to interact with residues near the channel pore), it has several distinctive features, including the absence of hydroxyproline, and is the first specific antagonist of tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-gated sodium channels to be characterized. It therefore represents a potentially useful tool to investigate the functional roles of these channels. We have determined the three-dimensional structure of SmIIIA in aqueous solution. Consistent with the absence of hydroxyprolines, SmIIIA adopts a single conformation with all peptide bonds in the trans configuration. The spatial orientations of several conserved Arg and Lys side chains, including Arg14 (using a consensus numbering system), which plays a key role in sodium channel binding, are similar to those in other micro-conotoxins but the N-terminal regions differ, reflecting the trans conformation for the peptide bond preceding residue 8 in SmIIIA, as opposed to the cis conformation in micro-conotoxins GIIIA and GIIIB. Comparison of the surfaces of SmIIIA with other micro-conotoxins suggests that the affinity of SmIIIA for TTX-resistant channels is influenced by the Trp15 side chain, which is unique to SmIIIA. Arg17, which replaces Lys in the other micro-conotoxins, may also be important. Consistent with these inferences from the structure, assays of two chimeras of SmIIIA and PIIIA in which their N- and C-terminal halves were recombined, indicated that residues in the C-terminal half of SmIIIA confer affinity for tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in the cell bodies of frog sympathetic neurons. SmIIIA and the chimera possessing the C-terminal half of SmIIIA also inhibit tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in the postganglionic axons of sympathetic neurons, as indicated by their inhibition of C-neuron compound action potentials that persist in the presence of tetrodotoxin.
About this Structure
Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural basis for tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel binding by mu-conotoxin SmIIIA., Keizer DW, West PJ, Lee EF, Yoshikami D, Olivera BM, Bulaj G, Norton RS, J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 21;278(47):46805-13. Epub 2003 Sep 10. PMID:12970353 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 05:47:04 2008
