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Ji She1,2, Jiangtao Guo3, Qingfeng Chen1,2,4
1Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Nature
|March 22, 2018
概括
对小鼠TPC1 (MmTPC1) 的结构洞察力揭示了这种依赖电压的通道如何打开. 酸丁3,5-双酸盐 (PtdIns(3,5) P2) 的结合和膜脱极化调节了MmmTPC1门和离子选择性.
科学领域:
- 结构生物学
- 离子通道生物物理
- 细胞生理学
背景情况:
- 器官双孔通道 (TPC) 是对内解体功能至关重要的电压离子通道.
- 哺乳动物的TPC1和TPC2定位在内解体膜上,调节器官生理.
- TPC是同位体,每个子单元含有六个跨膜 (6-TM) 域.
研究的目的:
- 阐明哺乳动物TPC1的功能和调节的结构机制.
- 提供有关TPC通道的离子选择性和封闭机制的见解.
- 了解电压与脂质连接体激活之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 电子冷显微镜 (cryo-EM) 用于确定小鼠TPC1 (MmTPC1) 的结构.
- 功能分析以验证结构发现和了解通道门.
- 封闭状态和联结状态的结构比较.
主要成果:
- 确定了MmmTPC1的高分辨率冷EM结构,在apoclosed和PtdIns{3,5) P2-bound开放状态下.
- 确定了负责Na+选择性的硬币形离子通路.
- 发现只有第二个6-TM域赋予电压依赖性.
- 显示PtdIns ((3,5) P2与第一个6-TM域结合,在脱极化时激活通道.
结论:
- MmTPC1结构提供了对哺乳动物TPC通道选择性和门的全面洞察.
- 这项研究强调了电压感应领域在电压依赖中的作用.
- 证明了PtdIns ((3,5) P2介导的激活和电压和脂质调节的相互作用.
- 揭示了6TM电压通道中的脂质结合和调节的新特性.
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