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Title | Structural mechanisms for the activation of human cardiac KCNQ1 channel by electro-mechanical coupling enhancers. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, Vol. 119, Issue 45, Page e2207067119, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Nov 8, 2022 |
Authors | Demin Ma / Ling Zhong / Zhenzhen Yan / Jing Yao / Yan Zhang / Fan Ye / Yuan Huang / Dongwu Lai / Wei Yang / Panpan Hou / Jiangtao Guo / |
PubMed Abstract | The cardiac KCNQ1 potassium channel carries the important current and controls the heart rhythm. Hundreds of mutations in KCNQ1 can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Although KCNQ1 ...The cardiac KCNQ1 potassium channel carries the important current and controls the heart rhythm. Hundreds of mutations in KCNQ1 can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Although KCNQ1 structures have been recently resolved, the structural basis for the dynamic electro-mechanical coupling, also known as the voltage sensor domain-pore domain (VSD-PD) coupling, remains largely unknown. In this study, utilizing two VSD-PD coupling enhancers, namely, the membrane lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP) and a small-molecule ML277, we determined 2.5-3.5 Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy structures of full-length human KCNQ1-calmodulin (CaM) complex in the apo closed, ML277-bound open, and ML277-PIP-bound open states. ML277 binds at the "elbow" pocket above the S4-S5 linker and directly induces an upward movement of the S4-S5 linker and the opening of the activation gate without affecting the C-terminal domain (CTD) of KCNQ1. PIP binds at the cleft between the VSD and the PD and brings a large structural rearrangement of the CTD together with the CaM to activate the PD. These findings not only elucidate the structural basis for the dynamic VSD-PD coupling process during KCNQ1 gating but also pave the way to develop new therapeutics for anti-arrhythmia. |
External links | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A / PubMed:36763058 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.5 - 3.5 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-33316, PDB-7xni: EMDB-33317, PDB-7xnk: EMDB-33318, PDB-7xnl: EMDB-33319, PDB-7xnn: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-K: ChemComp-I0S: ChemComp-PIO: |
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Keywords | MEMBRANE PROTEIN / potassium voltage-gated channel / ML277 / PIP2 |