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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Kv voltage-gated potassium channels share a cytoplasmic assembly domain, T1. Recent mutagenesis of two T1 C-terminal loop residues implicates T1 in channel gating. However, structural alterations of these mutants leave open the question concerning direct involvement of T1 in gating. We find in mammalian Kv1.2 that gating depends critically on residues at complementary T1 surfaces in an unusually polar interface. An isosteric mutation in this interface causes surprisingly little structural alteration while stabilizing the closed channel and increasing the stability of T1 tetramers. Replacing T1 with a tetrameric coiled-coil destabilizes the closed channel. Together, these data suggest that structural changes involving the buried polar T1 surfaces play a key role in the conformational changes leading to channel opening.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
657-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Circular Dichroism, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Ion Channel Gating, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Kv1.2 Potassium Channel, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Potassium, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Static Electricity, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:11007484-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The polar T1 interface is linked to conformational changes that open the voltage-gated potassium channel.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA. minor@itsa.ucsf.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't