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Function
A8EVM5_ALIB4 MALE_ECOLI Involved in the high-affinity maltose membrane transport system MalEFGK. Initial receptor for the active transport of and chemotaxis toward maltooligosaccharides.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels initiate action potentials in nerve, muscle, and other electrically excitable cells. The structural basis of voltage gating is uncertain because the resting state exists only at deeply negative membrane potentials. To stabilize the resting conformation, we inserted voltage-shifting mutations and introduced a disulfide crosslink in the VS of the ancestral bacterial sodium channel NaVAb. Here, we present a cryo-EM structure of the resting state and a complete voltage-dependent gating mechanism. The S4 segment of the VS is drawn intracellularly, with three gating charges passing through the transmembrane electric field. This movement forms an elbow connecting S4 to the S4-S5 linker, tightens the collar around the S6 activation gate, and prevents its opening. Our structure supports the classical "sliding helix" mechanism of voltage sensing and provides a complete gating mechanism for voltage sensor function, pore opening, and activation-gate closure based on high-resolution structures of a single sodium channel protein.
Resting-State Structure and Gating Mechanism of a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel.,Wisedchaisri G, Tonggu L, McCord E, Gamal El-Din TM, Wang L, Zheng N, Catterall WA Cell. 2019 Aug 8;178(4):993-1003.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.06.031. Epub 2019 , Jul 25. PMID:31353218[1]
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- ↑ Wisedchaisri G, Tonggu L, McCord E, Gamal El-Din TM, Wang L, Zheng N, Catterall WA. Resting-State Structure and Gating Mechanism of a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel. Cell. 2019 Aug 8;178(4):993-1003.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.06.031. Epub 2019 , Jul 25. PMID:31353218 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.06.031
