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Structural and energetic analysis of activation by a cyclic nucleotide binding domain.

ABSTRACT: MlotiK1 is a prokaryotic homolog of cyclic-nucleotide-dependent ion channels that contains an intracellular C-terminal cyclic nucleotide binding (CNB) domain. X-ray structures of the CNB domain have been solved in the absence of ligand and bound to cAMP. Both the full-length channel and CNB domain fragment are easily expressed and purified, making MlotiK1 a useful model system for dissecting activation by ligand binding. We have used X-ray crystallography to determine three new MlotiK1 CNB domain structures: a second apo configuration, a cGMP-bound structure, and a second cAMP-bound structure. In combination, the five MlotiK1 CNB domain structures provide a unique opportunity for analyzing, within a single protein, the structural differences between the apo state and the bound state, and the structural variability within each state. With this analysis as a guide, we have probed the nucleotide selectivity and importance of specific residue side chains in ligand binding and channel activation. These data help to identify ligand-protein interactions that are important for ligand dependence in MlotiK1 and, more globally, in the class of nucleotide-dependent proteins.

SUBMITTER: Altieri SL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2555981 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural and energetic analysis of activation by a cyclic nucleotide binding domain.

Altieri Stephen L SL Clayton Gina M GM Silverman William R WR Olivares Adrian O AO De la Cruz Enrique M EM Thomas Lise R LR Morais-Cabral João H JH

Journal of molecular biology 20080610 3

MlotiK1 is a prokaryotic homolog of cyclic-nucleotide-dependent ion channels that contains an intracellular C-terminal cyclic nucleotide binding (CNB) domain. X-ray structures of the CNB domain have been solved in the absence of ligand and bound to cAMP. Both the full-length channel and CNB domain fragment are easily expressed and purified, making MlotiK1 a useful model system for dissecting activation by ligand binding. We have used X-ray crystallography to determine three new MlotiK1 CNB domai ...[more]

PMID: 18619611

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Structural and energetic analysis of activation by a cyclic nucleotide binding domain.

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Structural and energetic analysis of activation by a cyclic nucleotide binding domain.

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