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[[Image:Mechanism of GLIC.PNG|thumb|350px|Fig. 3. Open GLIC and closed ELIC structure comarison green is GLIC and red is ELIC]] | [[Image:Mechanism of GLIC.PNG|thumb|350px|Fig. 3. Open GLIC and closed ELIC structure comarison green is GLIC and red is ELIC]] | ||
The general mechanism of pLGIC is provided by Prof. Jean-Pierre Changeux in the paper 'X-ray structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel in an apparently open conformation. Nature 457(7225):111-114'. GLIC and ELIC are both pentameric ligand gated ion channel which in the same family with AChR and AChBP. GLIC is an apparently open conformation while ELICis presumed closed conformation. Comparative analysis of GLIC and ELIC reveals the rotation of β-sandwich and a tilt of M2 and M3, which will show the mechanism of pLGIC. Common core is consists by M1, M2 and M3, and a large portion of the β-sandwich. The superimposition of common core shows that the GLIC subunits display an anticlock quaternary twist compared to ELIC(Fig. 3a). | The general mechanism of pLGIC is provided by Prof. Jean-Pierre Changeux in the paper 'X-ray structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel in an apparently open conformation[J]. Nature, 2009, 457(7225): 111-114.'. GLIC and ELIC are both pentameric ligand gated ion channel which in the same family with AChR and AChBP. GLIC is an apparently open conformation while ELICis presumed closed conformation. Comparative analysis of GLIC and ELIC reveals the rotation of β-sandwich and a tilt of M2 and M3, which will show the mechanism of pLGIC. Common core is consists by M1, M2 and M3, and a large portion of the β-sandwich. The superimposition of common core shows that the GLIC subunits display an anticlock quaternary twist compared to ELIC(Fig. 3a). | ||
But in the first 100 lowest-frequency modes only 50% of the transition can be explained. The rest and more local movements occur: in the TMD the outer ends of M2 and M3 of GLIC are tilted away radially from the channel axis, while the outer end of M1 is fixed. The inner ends of M1, M2 and M3 move tangentially towards the left, when viewed from the membrane (Fig. 3b). In the ECD, the core of the β-sandwich undergoes little deformation, but is rotated by 8° around an axis roughly perpendicular to the inner sheet of the β-sandwich (Fig. 3a), concomitant with a rearrangement of both the subunit–subunit and the ECD/TMD interfaces, regions known to contribute to neurotransmitter gating. A downward motion of the β1–β2 loop, concomitant with a displacement of the M2–M3 loop, M2 and M3 helices and β6–β7 loop towards the periphery of the molecule (Fig. 3c), thereby opening the pore<ref name="Bocquet2009" />. | But in the first 100 lowest-frequency modes only 50% of the transition can be explained. The rest and more local movements occur: in the TMD the outer ends of M2 and M3 of GLIC are tilted away radially from the channel axis, while the outer end of M1 is fixed. The inner ends of M1, M2 and M3 move tangentially towards the left, when viewed from the membrane (Fig. 3b). In the ECD, the core of the β-sandwich undergoes little deformation, but is rotated by 8° around an axis roughly perpendicular to the inner sheet of the β-sandwich (Fig. 3a), concomitant with a rearrangement of both the subunit–subunit and the ECD/TMD interfaces, regions known to contribute to neurotransmitter gating. A downward motion of the β1–β2 loop, concomitant with a displacement of the M2–M3 loop, M2 and M3 helices and β6–β7 loop towards the periphery of the molecule (Fig. 3c), thereby opening the pore<ref name="Bocquet2009" />. | ||
