Publication Date:
2008-08-30
Description:
How ion channels are gated to regulate ion flux in and out of cells is the subject of intense interest. The Escherichia coli mechanosensitive channel, MscS, opens to allow rapid ion efflux, relieving the turgor pressure that would otherwise destroy the cell. We present a 3.45 angstrom-resolution structure for the MscS channel in an open conformation. This structure has a pore diameter of approximately 13 angstroms created by substantial rotational rearrangement of the three transmembrane helices. The structure suggests a molecular mechanism that underlies MscS gating and its decay of conductivity during prolonged activation. Support for this mechanism is provided by single-channel analysis of mutants with altered gating characteristics.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299565/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299565/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, Wenjian -- Black, Susan S -- Edwards, Michelle D -- Miller, Samantha -- Morrison, Emma L -- Bartlett, Wendy -- Dong, Changjiang -- Naismith, James H -- Booth, Ian R -- 040174/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 077564/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- BB/F003455/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- G0400277/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- G0400277(70731)/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- GR077564MA/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Aug 29;321(5893):1179-83. doi: 10.1126/science.1159262.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The North Haugh, University of St. Andrews, KY16 9ST, Scotland, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18755969" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cell Membrane/*chemistry
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Electric Conductivity
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Escherichia coli/*chemistry/physiology
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Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*physiology
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Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
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*Ion Channel Gating
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Ion Channels/*chemistry/genetics/*physiology
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Models, Molecular
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Mutant Proteins/chemistry
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Mutation
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Patch-Clamp Techniques
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Pressure
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Protein Conformation
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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