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3kvt
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TETRAMERIZATION DOMAIN FROM AKV3.1 (SHAW-SUBFAMILY) VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL
Overview
The N-terminal, cytoplasmic tetramerization domain (T1) of voltage-gated K+ channels encodes molecular determinants for subfamily-specific assembly of alpha-subunits into functional tetrameric channels. Crystal structures of T1 tetramers from Shaw and Shaker subfamilies reveal a common four-layered scaffolding. Within layer 4, on the hypothetical membrane-facing side of the tetramer, the Shaw T1 tetramer contains four zinc ions; each is coordinated by a histidine and two cysteines from one monomer and by one cysteine from an adjacent monomer. The amino acids involved in coordinating the Zn2+ ion occur in a HX5CX20CC sequence motif that is highly conserved among all Shab, Shaw and Shal subfamily members, but is not found in Shaker subfamily members. We demonstrate by coimmunoprecipitation that a few characteristic residues in the subunit interface are crucial for subfamily-specific tetramerization of the T1 domains.
About this Structure
3KVT is a Single protein structure of sequence from Aplysia californica. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Zn2+-binding and molecular determinants of tetramerization in voltage-gated K+ channels., Bixby KA, Nanao MH, Shen NV, Kreusch A, Bellamy H, Pfaffinger PJ, Choe S, Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Jan;6(1):38-43. PMID:9886290 Page seeded by OCA on Sun May 4 22:05:26 2008
