National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
31630090
中国
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ジャーナル: Nature / 年: 2018 タイトル: Structure and mechanogating mechanism of the Piezo1 channel. 著者: Qiancheng Zhao / Heng Zhou / Shaopeng Chi / Yanfeng Wang / Jianhua Wang / Jie Geng / Kun Wu / Wenhao Liu / Tingxin Zhang / Meng-Qiu Dong / Jiawei Wang / Xueming Li / Bailong Xiao / 要旨: The mechanosensitive Piezo channels function as key eukaryotic mechanotransducers. However, their structures and mechanogating mechanisms remain unknown. Here we determine the three-bladed, propeller- ...The mechanosensitive Piezo channels function as key eukaryotic mechanotransducers. However, their structures and mechanogating mechanisms remain unknown. Here we determine the three-bladed, propeller-like electron cryo-microscopy structure of mouse Piezo1 and functionally reveal its mechanotransduction components. Despite the lack of sequence repetition, we identify nine repetitive units consisting of four transmembrane helices each-which we term transmembrane helical units (THUs)-which assemble into a highly curved blade-like structure. The last transmembrane helix encloses a hydrophobic pore, followed by three intracellular fenestration sites and side portals that contain pore-property-determining residues. The central region forms a 90 Å-long intracellular beam-like structure, which undergoes a lever-like motion to connect THUs to the pore via the interfaces of the C-terminal domain, the anchor-resembling domain and the outer helix. Deleting extracellular loops in the distal THUs or mutating single residues in the beam impairs the mechanical activation of Piezo1. Overall, Piezo1 possesses a unique 38-transmembrane-helix topology and designated mechanotransduction components, which enable a lever-like mechanogating mechanism.
装置: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / 凍結剤: ETHANE / 湿度: 100 % / 凍結前の試料温度: 281 K 詳細: After a 15 sec waiting time, the grids were blotted for 3.5 sec and plunged into liquid ethane