POTASSIUM CHANNEL (KCSA) FULL-LENGTH FOLDPOTASSIUM CHANNEL (KCSA) FULL-LENGTH FOLD

Structural highlights

1f6g is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Streptomyces lividans. The February 2003 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Potassium Channels by Shuchismita Dutta and David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2003_2. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Solution NMR
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

KCSA_STRLI Acts as a pH-gated potassium ion channel; changing the cytosolic pH from 7 to 4 opens the channel, although it is not clear if this is the physiological stimulus for channel opening. Monovalent cation preference is K(+) > Rb(+) > NH4(+) >> Na(+) > Li(+).[1]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

References

  1. Schrempf H, Schmidt O, Kummerlen R, Hinnah S, Muller D, Betzler M, Steinkamp T, Wagner R. A prokaryotic potassium ion channel with two predicted transmembrane segments from Streptomyces lividans. EMBO J. 1995 Nov 1;14(21):5170-8. PMID:7489706
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