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Entry | Database: PDB / ID: 6m6z | |||||||||
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Title | A de novo designed transmembrane nanopore, TMH4C4 | |||||||||
![]() | TMH4C4 | |||||||||
![]() | DE NOVO PROTEIN / nanopore / de novo design / MEMBRANE PROTEIN | |||||||||
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Method | ELECTRON MICROSCOPY / single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 5.9 Å | |||||||||
![]() | Lu, P. / Xu, C. / Reggiano, G. / Xu, Q. / DiMaio, F. / Baker, D. | |||||||||
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![]() | ![]() Title: Computational design of transmembrane pores. Authors: Chunfu Xu / Peilong Lu / Tamer M Gamal El-Din / Xue Y Pei / Matthew C Johnson / Atsuko Uyeda / Matthew J Bick / Qi Xu / Daohua Jiang / Hua Bai / Gabriella Reggiano / Yang Hsia / T J Brunette ...Authors: Chunfu Xu / Peilong Lu / Tamer M Gamal El-Din / Xue Y Pei / Matthew C Johnson / Atsuko Uyeda / Matthew J Bick / Qi Xu / Daohua Jiang / Hua Bai / Gabriella Reggiano / Yang Hsia / T J Brunette / Jiayi Dou / Dan Ma / Eric M Lynch / Scott E Boyken / Po-Ssu Huang / Lance Stewart / Frank DiMaio / Justin M Kollman / Ben F Luisi / Tomoaki Matsuura / William A Catterall / David Baker / ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Abstract: Transmembrane channels and pores have key roles in fundamental biological processes and in biotechnological applications such as DNA nanopore sequencing, resulting in considerable interest in the ...Transmembrane channels and pores have key roles in fundamental biological processes and in biotechnological applications such as DNA nanopore sequencing, resulting in considerable interest in the design of pore-containing proteins. Synthetic amphiphilic peptides have been found to form ion channels, and there have been recent advances in de novo membrane protein design and in redesigning naturally occurring channel-containing proteins. However, the de novo design of stable, well-defined transmembrane protein pores that are capable of conducting ions selectively or are large enough to enable the passage of small-molecule fluorophores remains an outstanding challenge. Here we report the computational design of protein pores formed by two concentric rings of α-helices that are stable and monodisperse in both their water-soluble and their transmembrane forms. Crystal structures of the water-soluble forms of a 12-helical pore and a 16-helical pore closely match the computational design models. Patch-clamp electrophysiology experiments show that, when expressed in insect cells, the transmembrane form of the 12-helix pore enables the passage of ions across the membrane with high selectivity for potassium over sodium; ion passage is blocked by specific chemical modification at the pore entrance. When incorporated into liposomes using in vitro protein synthesis, the transmembrane form of the 16-helix pore-but not the 12-helix pore-enables the passage of biotinylated Alexa Fluor 488. A cryo-electron microscopy structure of the 16-helix transmembrane pore closely matches the design model. The ability to produce structurally and functionally well-defined transmembrane pores opens the door to the creation of designer channels and pores for a wide variety of applications. | |||||||||
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-Related structure data
Related structure data | ![]() 30126MC ![]() 6o35C ![]() 6tj1C ![]() 6tmsC ![]() 6u1sC M: map data used to model this data C: citing same article ( |
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#1: Protein | Mass: 23455.572 Da / Num. of mol.: 4 Source method: isolated from a genetically manipulated source Source: (gene. exp.) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Experiment | Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY |
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EM experiment | Aggregation state: PARTICLE / 3D reconstruction method: single particle reconstruction |
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Component | Name: A de novo designed transmembrane nanopore / Type: COMPLEX / Entity ID: all / Source: RECOMBINANT |
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Molecular weight | Experimental value: NO |
Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() ![]() |
Source (recombinant) | Organism: ![]() ![]() |
Buffer solution | pH: 8 |
Specimen | Conc.: 6 mg/ml / Embedding applied: NO / Shadowing applied: NO / Staining applied: NO / Vitrification applied: YES |
Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE-PROPANE |
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Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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Microscopy | Model: FEI TITAN KRIOS |
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Electron lens | Mode: BRIGHT FIELD |
Image recording | Electron dose: 50 e/Å2 / Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) |
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EM software | Name: RELION / Category: 3D reconstruction |
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CTF correction | Type: NONE |
Symmetry | Point symmetry: C1 (asymmetric) |
3D reconstruction | Resolution: 5.9 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Num. of particles: 64739 / Symmetry type: POINT |