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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 278, 期 50, 页码 50724-50731出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M306097200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL59689] Funding Source: Medline
The recent crystallization of a voltage-gated K+ channel has given insight into the structure of these channels but has not resolved the issues of the location and the operation of the gate. The conserved PXP motif in the S6 segment of Shaker channels has been proposed to contribute to the intracellular gating structure. To investigate the role of this motif in the destabilization of the alpha-helix, both prolines were replaced to promote an alpha-helix (alanine) or to allow a flexible configuration (glycine). These substitutions were nonfunctional or resulted in drastically altered channel gating, highlighting an important role of these prolines. Combining these mutations with a proline substitution scan demonstrated that proline residues in the midsection of S6 are required for functionality, but not necessarily at the positions conserved throughout evolution. These results indicate that the destabilization or bending of the S6 alpha-helix caused by the PXP motif apparently creates a flexible hinge that allows movement of the lower S6 segment during channel gating and opening.
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