Structural highlights
Function
[Q7NDN8_GLOVI] Cationic channel with similar permeabilities for Na(+) and K(+), that is activated by an increase of the proton concentration on the extracellular side. Displays no permeability for chloride ions. Shows slow kinetics of activation, no desensitization and a single channel conductance of 8 pS. Might contribute to adaptation to external pH change.[1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Pentameric ligand-gated ion channels mediate signal transduction through conformational transitions between closed-pore and open-pore states. To stabilize a closed conformation of GLIC, a bacterial proton-gated homolog from Gloeobacter violaceus whose open structure is known, we separately generated either four cross-links or two single mutations. We found all six mutants to be in the same 'locally closed' conformation using X-ray crystallography, sharing most of the features of the open form but showing a locally closed pore as a result of a concerted bending of all of its M2 helices. The mutants adopt several variant conformations of the M2-M3 loop, and in all cases an interacting lipid that is observed in the open form disappears. A single cross-linked mutant is functional, according to electrophysiology, and the locally closed structure of this mutant indicates that it has an increased flexibility. Further cross-linking, accessibility and molecular dynamics data suggest that the locally closed form is a functionally relevant conformation that occurs during allosteric gating transitions.
A locally closed conformation of a bacterial pentameric proton-gated ion channel.,Prevost MS, Sauguet L, Nury H, Van Renterghem C, Huon C, Poitevin F, Baaden M, Delarue M, Corringer PJ Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012 May 13. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2307. PMID:22580559[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Bocquet N, Prado de Carvalho L, Cartaud J, Neyton J, Le Poupon C, Taly A, Grutter T, Changeux JP, Corringer PJ. A prokaryotic proton-gated ion channel from the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor family. Nature. 2007 Jan 4;445(7123):116-9. Epub 2006 Dec 10. PMID:17167423 doi:10.1038/nature05371
- ↑ Prevost MS, Sauguet L, Nury H, Van Renterghem C, Huon C, Poitevin F, Baaden M, Delarue M, Corringer PJ. A locally closed conformation of a bacterial pentameric proton-gated ion channel. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012 May 13. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2307. PMID:22580559 doi:10.1038/nsmb.2307
