2NDJ

Structural Basis for KCNE3 and Estrogen Modulation of the KCNQ1 Channel

Summary for 2NDJ

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2ndj/pdb
• NMR Information: BMRB: 16621
• Descriptor: Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E member 3 (1 entity in total)
• Functional Keywords: estrogen, membrane protein, ion channel
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (human)
• Cellular location: Cell membrane ; Single-pass type I membrane protein : Q9Y6H6
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 12799.58

Authors

Sanders, C.R.,Van Horn, W.D.,Kroncke, B.M.,Sisco, N.J.,Meiler, J.,Vanoye, C.G.,Song, Y.,Nannemann, D.P.,Welch, R.C.,Kang, C.,Smith, J.,George, A.L. (deposition date: 2016-06-09, release date: 2016-09-21, Last modification date: 2024-05-15)

Primary citation

Kroncke, B.M.,Van Horn, W.D.,Smith, J.,Kang, C.,Welch, R.C.,Song, Y.,Nannemann, D.P.,Taylor, K.C.,Sisco, N.J.,George, A.L.,Meiler, J.,Vanoye, C.G.,Sanders, C.R.
Structural basis for KCNE3 modulation of potassium recycling in epithelia.
Sci Adv, 2:e1501228-e1501228, 2016

PubMed Abstract: The single-span membrane protein KCNE3 modulates a variety of voltage-gated ion channels in diverse biological contexts. In epithelial cells, KCNE3 regulates the function of the KCNQ1 potassium ion (K(+)) channel to enable K(+) recycling coupled to transepithelial chloride ion (Cl(-)) secretion, a physiologically critical cellular transport process in various organs and whose malfunction causes diseases, such as cystic fibrosis (CF), cholera, and pulmonary edema. Structural, computational, biochemical, and electrophysiological studies lead to an atomically explicit integrative structural model of the KCNE3-KCNQ1 complex that explains how KCNE3 induces the constitutive activation of KCNQ1 channel activity, a crucial component in K(+) recycling. Central to this mechanism are direct interactions of KCNE3 residues at both ends of its transmembrane domain with residues on the intra- and extracellular ends of the KCNQ1 voltage-sensing domain S4 helix. These interactions appear to stabilize the activated "up" state configuration of S4, a prerequisite for full opening of the KCNQ1 channel gate. In addition, the integrative structural model was used to guide electrophysiological studies that illuminate the molecular basis for how estrogen exacerbates CF lung disease in female patients, a phenomenon known as the "CF gender gap."

PubMed: 27626070
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501228

Experimental method

SOLUTION NMR