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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
50
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Using a peptide toxin, kaliotoxin (KTX), we gained new insight into the topology of the pore region of a voltage-gated potassium channel, mKv1.1. In order to find new interactions between mKv1.1 and KTX, we investigated the pH dependence of KTX block which was stronger at pH(o) 6.2 compared with pH(o) 7.4. Using site-directed mutagenesis on the channel and the toxin, we found that protonation of His(34) in KTX caused the pH(o) dependence of KTX block. Glu(350) and Glu(353) in mKv1.1, which interact with His(34) in KTX, were calculated to be 4 and 7 A away from His(34)/KTX, respectively. Docking of KTX into a homology model of mKv1.1 based on the KcsA crystal structure using this and other known interactions as constraints showed structural differences between mKv1.1 and KcsA within the turret (amino acids 348-357). To satisfy our data, we would have to modify the KcsA crystal structure for the mKv1.1 channel orienting Glu(350) 7 A and Glu(353) 4 A more toward the center of the pore compared with KcsA. This would place Glu(350) 15 A and Glu(353) 11 A away from the center of the pore instead of the distances for the equivalent KcsA residues with 22 A for Gly(53) and 15 A for Gly(56), respectively. Bacterial and mammalian potassium channels may have structural differences regarding the turret of the outer pore vestibule. This topological difference between both channel types may have substantial influence on structure-guided development of new drugs for mammalian potassium channels by rational drug design.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39345-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Bacteria, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Kv1.1 Potassium Channel, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Scorpion Venoms, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Thermodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:10962004-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural differences of bacterial and mammalian K+ channels.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Applied Physiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't