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Measuring Phagosome pH by Ratiometric Fluorescence Microscopy
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酸感应离子通道1的结构,分辨率为1.9A,pH值低
Jayasankar Jasti1, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Eric B Gonzales
1Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
Nature
|September 21, 2007
概括
这项研究揭示了酸感应离子通道 (ASICs) 的低pH晶体结构,详细说明了质子与碳基结合如何通过构造变化触发通道开放.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 酸感应离子通道 (ASIC) 是由质子激活的受体,参与疼痛,中风和记忆.
- ASIC属于表皮道/脱原林家族.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定一只 ASIC1 删除突变的的低pH晶体结构.
- 阐明ASIC中质子激活的机制.
主要方法:
- 在1.9A分辨率的X射线晶体学.
- 使用阿斯巴酸到阿斯巴拉金突变体的电生理学研究.
主要成果:
- 这种杯状的同分离体结构揭示了关键特征,包括跨膜螺旋体和富含二硫化物的细胞外域.
- 细胞外域中的酸残留物和碳素-碳酸盐对对于质子传感至关重要.
- 一个"指"域将质子结合与离子通道开通联系起来,显示出远程的构造变化.
结论:
- 该结构为ASIC质子激活提供了详细的分子基础.
- 质子传感涉及到特定的碳酸盐组和传递到离子通道孔的构造变化.
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