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Structure of a Bacterial Cyclic Nucleotide Regulated Ion ChannelStructure of a Bacterial Cyclic Nucleotide Regulated Ion Channel
Structural highlights
Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe six-transmembrane helix (6 TM) tetrameric cation channels form the largest ion channel family, some members of which are voltage-gated and others are not. There are no reported channel structures to match the wealth of functional data on the non-voltage-gated members. We determined the structure of the transmembrane regions of the bacterial cyclic nucleotide-regulated channel MlotiK1, a non-voltage-gated 6 TM channel. The structure showed how the S1-S4 domain and its associated linker can serve as a clamp to constrain the gate of the pore and possibly function in concert with ligand-binding domains to regulate the opening of the pore. The structure also led us to hypothesize a new mechanism by which motions of the S6 inner helices can gate the ion conduction pathway at a position along the pore closer to the selectivity filter than the canonical helix bundle crossing. Structure of the transmembrane regions of a bacterial cyclic nucleotide-regulated channel.,Clayton GM, Altieri S, Heginbotham L, Unger VM, Morais-Cabral JH Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 5;105(5):1511-5. Epub 2008 Jan 23. PMID:18216238[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences |
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