期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 116, 期 28, 页码 13989-13995出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902702116
关键词
ion channel annotation; water; hydrophobic gating; molecular dynamics; machine learning
资金
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Leverhulme Trust
- Wellcome Trust
- BBSRC [BB/R002517/1, BB/P01948X/2, BB/S003339/1, BB/P01948X/1, BB/N000145/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- EPSRC [EP/R029407/1, EP/L000253/1, EP/R004722/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Ion channel proteins control ionic flux across biological membranes through conformational changes in their transmembrane pores. An exponentially increasing number of channel structures captured in different conformational states are now being determined; however, these newly resolved structures are commonly classified as either open or closed based solely on the physical dimensions of their pore, and it is now known that more accurate annotation of their conductive state requires additional assessment of the effect of pore hydrophobicity. A narrow hydrophobic gate region may disfavor liquid-phase water, leading to local dewetting, which will form an energetic barrier to water and ion permeation without steric occlusion of the pore. Here we quantify the combined influence of radius and hydrophobicity on pore dewetting by applying molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning to nearly 200 ion channel structures. This allows us to propose a simple simulation-free heuristic model that rapidly and accurately predicts the presence of hydrophobic gates. This not only enables the functional annotation of new channel structures as soon as they are determined, but also may facilitate the design of novel nanopores controlled by hydrophobic gates.
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