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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
Mutation studies have identified a region of the S5-S6 loop of voltage-gated K+ channels (P region) responsible for teraethylammonium (TEA) block and permeation/selectivity properties. We previously modeled a similar region of the Na+ channel as four beta-hairpins with the C strands from each of the domains forming the external vestibule and with charged residues at the beta-turns forming the selectivity filter. However, the K+ channel P region amino acid composition is much more hydrophobic in this area. Here we propose a structural motif for the K+ channel pore based on the following postulates (Kv2.1 numbering). (i) The external TEA binding site is formed by four Tyr-380 residues; P loop residues participating in the internal TEA binding site are four Met-371 and Thr-372 residues. (ii) P regions form extended hairpins with beta-turns in sequence ITMT. (iii) only C ends of hairpins form the inner walls of the pore. (iv) They are extended nonregular strands with backbone carbonyl oxygens of segment VGYGD facing the pore with the conformation BRLRL. (v) Juxtaposition of P loops of the four subunits forms the pore. Fitting the external and internal TEA sites to TEA molecules predicts an hourglass-like pore with the narrowest point (GYG) as wide as 5.5 A, suggesting that selectivity may be achieved by interactions of carbonyls with partially hydrated K+. Other potential cation binding sites also exist in the pore.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9215-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
A structural motif for the voltage-gated potassium channel pore.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't