Crystal Structure of Full-length KcsA in Its Closed Conformation

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2009 Apr 7

PMID 19346472

Citations 138

Authors

Serdar Uysal

Valeria Vasquez

Valentina Tereshko

Kaori Esaki

Frederic A Fellouse

Sachdev S Sidhu

Shohei Koide

Eduardo Perozo

Anthony Kossiakoff

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Abstract

KcsA is a proton-activated, voltage-modulated K(+) channel that has served as the archetype pore domain in the Kv channel superfamily. Here, we have used synthetic antigen-binding fragments (Fabs) as crystallographic chaperones to determine the structure of full-length KcsA at 3.8 A, as well as that of its isolated C-terminal domain at 2.6 A. The structure of the full-length KcsA-Fab complex reveals a well-defined, 4-helix bundle that projects approximately 70 A toward the cytoplasm. This bundle promotes a approximately 15 degree bending in the inner bundle gate, tightening its diameter and shifting the narrowest point 2 turns of helix below. Functional analysis of the full-length KcsA-Fab complex suggests that the C-terminal bundle remains whole during gating. We suggest that this structure likely represents the physiologically relevant closed conformation of KcsA.

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