3ous | pdb_00003ous

MthK channel pore T59A mutant

spinqualitylabelsall models 3ous, resolution 1.75Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3ous is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: K Gene: mthK, MTH_1520 (Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Function [MTHK_METTH] Calcium-gated potassium channel. Publication Abstract from PubMed Selective ion conduction across ion channel pores is central to cellular physiology. To understand the underlying principles of ion selectivity in tetrameric cation channels, we engineered a set of cation channel pores based on the nonselective NaK channel and determined their structures to high resolution. These structures showcase an ensemble of selectivity filters with a various number of contiguous ion binding sites ranging from 2 to 4, with each individual site maintaining a geometry and ligand environment virtually identical to that of equivalent sites in K(+) channel selectivity filters. Combined with single channel electrophysiology, we show that only the channel with four ion binding sites is K(+) selective, whereas those with two or three are nonselective and permeate Na(+) and K(+) equally well. These observations strongly suggest that the number of contiguous ion binding sites in a single file is the key determinant of the channel's selectivity properties and the presence of four sites in K(+) channels is essential for highly selective and efficient permeation of K(+) ions. Tuning the ion selectivity of tetrameric cation channels by changing the number of ion binding sites.,Derebe MG, Sauer DB, Zeng W, Alam A, Shi N, Jiang Y Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Dec 27. PMID:21187421 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Potassium Channel

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