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| - | The potassium channel of influenza A is a homotetramer. The central core of this protein is comprised of four transmembrane helices, one from each monomeric subunit. Since all monomers have the same orientation in the membrane, the protein has a four-fold rotational symmetry when viewed from the membrane surface. As a result, each of the channel-lining residues appears as a ring of four identical sidechains. This principle is represented by the conserved <scene name='User:Amy_Kerzmann/Sandbox_2/Tyrosine_symmetry/1'>tyrosine | + | The potassium channel of influenza A is a homotetramer. The central core of this protein is comprised of four transmembrane helices, one from each monomeric subunit. Since all monomers have the same orientation in the membrane, the protein has a four-fold rotational symmetry when viewed from the membrane surface. As a result, each of the channel-lining residues appears as a ring of four identical sidechains. This principle is represented by the conserved <scene name='User:Amy_Kerzmann/Sandbox_2/Tyrosine_symmetry/1'>tyrosine</scene> residues that function as selectivity filters within the cavity. Additional <scene name='User:Amy_Kerzmann/Sandbox_2/Aspartate_symmetry/1'>aspartate</scene> and <scene name='User:Amy_Kerzmann/Sandbox_2/Threonine_symmetry/2'>threonine</scene> residues line the channel. Looking at a <scene name='User:Amy_Kerzmann/Sandbox_2/Channel-lining_residues/1'>composite</scene> of these residues, one can see that some hydrophobic patches remain within the cavity. |
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Revision as of 17:05, 23 September 2009
Voltage-gated Potassium Channel
Backgound
This crystal structure illuminated the principles of ion selectivity when it was solved in 1998.[1] To further demonstrate the importance of this structure, the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the principal investigator, Roderick MacKinnon.
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Channel Structure:
The potassium channel of influenza A is a homotetramer. The central core of this protein is comprised of four transmembrane helices, one from each monomeric subunit. Since all monomers have the same orientation in the membrane, the protein has a four-fold rotational symmetry when viewed from the membrane surface. As a result, each of the channel-lining residues appears as a ring of four identical sidechains. This principle is represented by the conserved residues that function as selectivity filters within the cavity. Additional and residues line the channel. Looking at a of these residues, one can see that some hydrophobic patches remain within the cavity.
Channel Function:
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