期刊
FEBS LETTERS
卷 584, 期 6, 页码 1133-1138出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.02.015
关键词
K+ Channel; KcsA; pH sensor; Activation gate; Crystal structure
资金
- NIH [R01-GM57846]
- Palmer family
The molecular nature of the structure responsible for proton sensitivity in KcsA has been identified as a charge cluster that surrounds the inner helical bundle gate. Here, we show that this proton sensor can be modified to engineer a constitutively open form of KcsA, amenable to functional, spectroscopic and structural analyses. By combining charge neutralizations for all acidic and basic residues in the cluster at positions 25, 117-122 and 124 ( but not E118), a mutant KcsA is generated that displays constitutively open channel activity up to pH 9. The structure of this mutant revealed that full opening appears to be inhibited by lattice forces since the activation gate seems to be only on the early stages of opening. (C) 2010 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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