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The Journal of General Physiology (291)
Abstract

The molecular architecture of the NH2 and COOH termini of the prokaryotic potassium channel KcsA has been determined using site-directed spin-labeling methods and paramagnetic resonance EPR spectroscopy. Cysteine mutants were generated (residues 5–24 and 121–160) and spin labeled, and the X-band CW EPR spectra were obtained from liposome-reconstituted channels at room temperature. Data on probe mobility (ΔHo−1), accessibility parameters (ΠO2 and ΠNiEdda), and inter-subunit spin-spin interaction (Ω) were used as structural constraints to build a three-dimensional folding model of these cytoplasmic domains from a set of simulated annealing and restrained molecular dynamics runs. 32 backbone structures were generated and averaged using fourfold symmetry, and a final mean structure was obtained from the eight lowest energy runs. Based on the present data, together with information from the KcsA crystal structure, a model for the three-dimensional fold of full-length KcsA was constructed. In this model, the NH2 terminus of KcsA forms an α-helix anchored at the membrane–water interface, while the COOH terminus forms a right-handed four-helix bundle that extend some 40–50 Å towards the cytoplasm. Functional analysis of COOH-terminal deletion constructs suggest that, while the COOH terminus does not play a substantial role in determining ion permeation properties, it exerts a modulatory role in the pH-dependent gating mechanism.

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Cortes, D. M., Cuello, L. G., & Perozo, E. (2001). Molecular Architecture of Full-Length KcsA. The Journal of General Physiology, 117(2), 165–180.

Authors 3
  1. D. Marien Cortes (first)
  2. Luis G. Cuello (additional)
  3. Eduardo Perozo (additional)
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@article{Cortes_2001, title={Molecular Architecture of Full-Length KcsA}, volume={117}, ISSN={1540-7748}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.117.2.165}, DOI={10.1085/jgp.117.2.165}, number={2}, journal={The Journal of General Physiology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Cortes, D. Marien and Cuello, Luis G. and Perozo, Eduardo}, year={2001}, month=jan, pages={165–180} }