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Inferred motions of the S3a helix during voltage-dependent K+ channel gating.

ABSTRACT: The gating of voltage-dependent potassium channels is controlled by conformational changes in voltage sensor domains. Previous studies have shown that the S1 and the S2 helices of the voltage sensor are static with respect to motion across the membrane, while the voltage sensor paddle consisting of the C-terminal half of S3 (S3b) and the charge-bearing S4 is mobile. The mobile component is attached to S1 and S2 via the S2-S3 turn and the N-terminal half of S3 (S3a). In this study, we analyze KvAP, an archaebacterial voltage-dependent potassium channel, to study the mobility with respect to translation across the membrane of S3a. We utilize an assay based on attachment of tethered biotin and its site-specific accessibility to avidin. Our results reveal that the S3a helix does not move appreciably across the membrane in association with gating. The static behavior of S3a constrains the conformations available to the voltage sensor when it closes and suggests that a set of negative countercharges within the membrane's inner leaflet remains intact in the closed conformation.

SUBMITTER: Banerjee A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2819426 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inferred motions of the S3a helix during voltage-dependent K+ channel gating.

Banerjee Anirban A Banerjee Anirban A MacKinnon Roderick R

Journal of molecular biology 20080610 3

The gating of voltage-dependent potassium channels is controlled by conformational changes in voltage sensor domains. Previous studies have shown that the S1 and the S2 helices of the voltage sensor are static with respect to motion across the membrane, while the voltage sensor paddle consisting of the C-terminal half of S3 (S3b) and the charge-bearing S4 is mobile. The mobile component is attached to S1 and S2 via the S2-S3 turn and the N-terminal half of S3 (S3a). In this study, we analyze KvA ...[more]

PMID: 18632115

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Inferred motions of the S3a helix during voltage-dependent K+ channel gating.

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Inferred motions of the S3a helix during voltage-dependent K+ channel gating.

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