National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NIH/NICHD)
Z1A HD008998
United States
National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)
DGE 1840340
United States
National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)
CHE-1944892/2326678
United States
Citation
Journal: bioRxiv / Year: 2025 Title: The lipid-mediated mechanism of mechanosensitive channel MscS inactivation. Authors: Elissa Moller / Madolyn Britt / Fei Zhou / Hyojik Yang / Andriy Anishkin / Robert Ernst / Juan M Vanegas / Sergei Sukharev / Doreen Matthies Abstract: Interpretations of experimental conformations of mechanosensitive channels gated by 'force from lipids' become more reliable when native lipids are preserved in the structures. MscS is an adaptive ...Interpretations of experimental conformations of mechanosensitive channels gated by 'force from lipids' become more reliable when native lipids are preserved in the structures. MscS is an adaptive osmolyte release valve that regulates turgor in osmotically stressed cells. MscS promptly opens under abrupt super-threshold tensions in the membrane, but at lower and more gradually applied tensions, it silently inactivates from the closed state. A central question has been whether to assign the commonly observed non-conductive conformation with splayed peripheral helices to a closed or inactivated state. We present a 3-Å MscS cryo-EM structure obtained in Glyco-DIBMA polymers, which avoid complete lipid removal. Within the complex, we observe densities for endogenous phospholipids intercalating between the peripheral and pore-lining helices. The lipidomic analysis shows a 2-3 fold enrichment of phosphatidylglycerol in Glyco-DIBMA-extracted MscS samples. The computed pressure of these lipids on the protein surface enforces the characteristic kinks in the pore-lining helices, sterically stabilizing the separation of the peripheral helices. Mutations of residues coordinating lipids in the crevices eliminate inactivation, allowing us to classify this group of structures as the inactivated state. Our study reveals a novel inactivation mechanism in which intercalated lipids physically decouple the tension-sensing helices from the gate.
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Cryogen: NITROGEN / Specimen holder model: FEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER / Temperature (max): 79 K / Temperature (min): 79 K
Image recording
Average exposure time: 2.4 sec. / Electron dose: 50 e/Å2 / Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / Num. of grids imaged: 1 / Num. of real images: 20649
EM imaging optics
Energyfilter name: GIF Bioquantum / Energyfilter slit width: 20 eV
Image scans
Width: 5760 / Height: 4092
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Processing
EM software
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Name
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Category
Details (eV)
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cryoSPARC
v3.3.250
particleselection
BlobPicker
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SerialEM
4.1
imageacquisition
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cryoSPARC
v3.3.250
CTFcorrection
PatchCTFestimation (multi)
7
Coot
v.0.9.8.92
modelfitting
9
PHENIX
v.1.21.2-5419
modelrefinement
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cryoSPARC
v3.3.250
initialEulerassignment
Ab-Initio Reconstruction
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cryoSPARC
v3.3.250
finalEulerassignment
Non-uniform Refinement (Legacy)
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cryoSPARC
v3.3.250
classification
2DClassification
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cryoSPARC
v3.3.250
3Dreconstruction
CTF correction
Type: PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION
Particle selection
Num. of particles selected: 3380588
Symmetry
Point symmetry: C7 (7 fold cyclic)
3D reconstruction
Resolution: 2.99 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Num. of particles: 368753 / Symmetry type: POINT
Atomic model building
B value: 127.8 / Protocol: FLEXIBLE FIT / Space: REAL
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