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| Title | Gating intermediates reveal inhibitory role of the voltage sensor in a cyclic nucleotide-modulated ion channel. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 13, Issue 1, Page 6919, Year 2022 |
| Publish date | Nov 14, 2022 |
 Authors | Xiaolong Gao / Philipp A M Schmidpeter / Vladimir Berka / Ryan J Durham / Chen Fan / Vasanthi Jayaraman / Crina M Nimigean /   |
| PubMed Abstract | Understanding how ion channels gate is important for elucidating their physiological roles and targeting them in pathophysiological states. Here, we used SthK, a cyclic nucleotide-modulated channel ...Understanding how ion channels gate is important for elucidating their physiological roles and targeting them in pathophysiological states. Here, we used SthK, a cyclic nucleotide-modulated channel from Spirochaeta thermophila, to define a ligand-gating trajectory that includes multiple on-pathway intermediates. cAMP is a poor partial agonist for SthK and depolarization increases SthK activity. Tuning the energy landscape by gain-of-function mutations in the voltage sensor domain (VSD) allowed us to capture multiple intermediates along the ligand-activation pathway, highlighting the allosteric linkage between VSD, cyclic nucleotide-binding (CNBD) and pore domains. Small, lateral displacements of the VSD S4 segment were necessary to open the intracellular gate, pointing to an inhibitory VSD at rest. We propose that in wild-type SthK, depolarization leads to such VSD displacements resulting in release of inhibition. In summary, we report conformational transitions along the activation pathway that reveal allosteric couplings between key sites integrating to open the intracellular gate. |
 External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:36376326 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.9 - 4.3 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-24670, PDB-7rsh: EMDB-24681, PDB-7rtf: EMDB-24682, PDB-7rtj: EMDB-24692, PDB-7ru0: EMDB-24746, PDB-7ryr: EMDB-24747, PDB-7rys: |
| Chemicals |  ChemComp-CMP:  ChemComp-PGW: |
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 Keywords | TRANSPORT PROTEIN / Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel |
spirochaeta thermophila (bacteria)