Structural highlights
6hdb is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Camelus glama and Flexibacter tractuosus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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Ligands: | , , , |
Gene: | malE, b4034, JW3994 (Camelus glama), Ftrac_2467 (Flexibacter tractuosus) |
Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The TMEM175 family constitutes recently discovered K(+) channels that are important for autophagosome turnover and lysosomal pH regulation and are associated with the early onset of Parkinson Disease. TMEM175 channels lack a P-loop selectivity filter, a hallmark of all known K(+) channels, raising the question how selectivity is achieved. Here, we report the X-ray structure of a closed bacterial TMEM175 channel in complex with a nanobody fusion-protein disclosing bound K(+) ions. Our analysis revealed that a highly conserved layer of threonine residues in the pore conveys a basal K(+) selectivity. An additional layer comprising two serines in human TMEM175 increases selectivity further and renders this channel sensitive to 4-aminopyridine and Zn(2+). Our findings suggest that large hydrophobic side chains occlude the pore, forming a physical gate, and that channel opening by iris-like motions simultaneously relocates the gate and exposes the otherwise concealed selectivity filter to the pore lumen.
Structural basis for ion selectivity in TMEM175 K(+) channels.,Brunner JD, Jakob RP, Schulze T, Neldner Y, Moroni A, Thiel G, Maier T, Schenck S Elife. 2020 Apr 8;9. pii: 53683. doi: 10.7554/eLife.53683. PMID:32267231[1]
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References
- ↑ Brunner JD, Jakob RP, Schulze T, Neldner Y, Moroni A, Thiel G, Maier T, Schenck S. Structural basis for ion selectivity in TMEM175 K(+) channels. Elife. 2020 Apr 8;9. pii: 53683. doi: 10.7554/eLife.53683. PMID:32267231 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53683