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Title | Structure of tetrameric forms of the serotonin-gated 5-HT3 receptor ion channel. |
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Journal, issue, pages | EMBO J, Vol. 43, Issue 20, Page 4451-4471, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Sep 4, 2024 |
![]() | Bianca Introini / Wenqiang Cui / Xiaofeng Chu / Yingyi Zhang / Ana Catarina Alves / Luise Eckhardt-Strelau / Sabrina Golusik / Menno Tol / Horst Vogel / Shuguang Yuan / Mikhail Kudryashev / ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Multimeric membrane proteins are produced in the endoplasmic reticulum and transported to their target membranes which, for ion channels, is typically the plasma membrane. Despite the availability of ...Multimeric membrane proteins are produced in the endoplasmic reticulum and transported to their target membranes which, for ion channels, is typically the plasma membrane. Despite the availability of many fully assembled channel structures, our understanding of assembly intermediates, multimer assembly mechanisms, and potential functions of non-standard assemblies is limited. We demonstrate that the pentameric ligand-gated serotonin 5-HT3A receptor (5-HT3AR) can assemble to tetrameric forms and report the structures of the tetramers in plasma membranes of cell-derived microvesicles and in membrane memetics using cryo-electron microscopy and tomography. The tetrameric structures have near-symmetric transmembrane domains, and asymmetric extracellular domains, and can bind serotonin molecules. Computer simulations, based on our cryo-EM structures, were used to decipher the assembly pathway of pentameric 5-HT3R and suggest a potential functional role for the tetrameric receptors. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) / EM (subtomogram averaging) |
Resolution | 3.5 - 25.2 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-16384, PDB-8c1w: EMDB-16385, PDB-8c1z: EMDB-16386, PDB-8c20: EMDB-16387, PDB-8c21: ![]() EMDB-19419: sub-tomogram averaging results of tetrameric 5-HT3A receptor on cell-derived vesicles ![]() EMDB-19420: Sub-tomogram averaging results of pentameric 5-HT3A receptor on cell-derived vesicles |
Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-SRO: |
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![]() | MEMBRANE PROTEIN / 5-HT3R / Serotonin / receptor / tetramer / ion channel / ion channel MEMBRANE PROTEIN |