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1k4c
From Proteopedia
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| , resolution 2.00Å | |||||||
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| Ligands: | , , | ||||||
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
Potassium Channel KcsA-Fab complex in high concentration of K+
Overview
Ion transport proteins must remove an ion's hydration shell to coordinate the ion selectively on the basis of its size and charge. To discover how the K+ channel solves this fundamental aspect of ion conduction, we solved the structure of the KcsA K+ channel in complex with a monoclonal Fab antibody fragment at 2.0 A resolution. Here we show how the K+ channel displaces water molecules around an ion at its extracellular entryway, and how it holds a K+ ion in a square antiprism of water molecules in a cavity near its intracellular entryway. Carbonyl oxygen atoms within the selectivity filter form a very similar square antiprism around each K+ binding site, as if to mimic the waters of hydration. The selectivity filter changes its ion coordination structure in low K+ solutions. This structural change is crucial to the operation of the selectivity filter in the cellular context, where the K+ ion concentration near the selectivity filter varies in response to channel gating.
About this Structure
1K4C is a Single protein structure of sequence from Mus musculus and Streptomyces lividans. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 1K4C with [Potassium Channels]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Chemistry of ion coordination and hydration revealed by a K+ channel-Fab complex at 2.0 A resolution., Zhou Y, Morais-Cabral JH, Kaufman A, MacKinnon R, Nature. 2001 Nov 1;414(6859):43-8. PMID:11689936
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