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An Interfacial Sodium Ion is an Essential Structural Feature of Fluc Family Fluoride Channels.

ABSTRACT: Fluc family fluoride channels are assembled as primitive antiparallel homodimers. Crystallographic studies revealed a cation bound at the center of the protein, where it is coordinated at the dimer interface by main chain carbonyl oxygen atoms from the midmembrane breaks in two corresponding transmembrane helices. Here, we show that this cation is a stably bound sodium ion, and although it is not a transported substrate, its presence is required for the channel to adopt an open, fluoride-conducting conformation. The interfacial site is selective for sodium over other cations, except for Li⁺, which competes with Na⁺ for binding, but does not support channel activity. The strictly structural role fulfilled by this sodium provides new context to understand the structures, mechanisms, and evolutionary origins of widespread Na⁺-coupled transporters.

SUBMITTER: McIlwain BC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7054162 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

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An Interfacial Sodium Ion is an Essential Structural Feature of Fluc Family Fluoride Channels.

McIlwain Benjamin C BC Martin Kamirah K Hayter Elizabeth A EA Stockbridge Randy B RB

Journal of molecular biology 20200114 4

Fluc family fluoride channels are assembled as primitive antiparallel homodimers. Crystallographic studies revealed a cation bound at the center of the protein, where it is coordinated at the dimer interface by main chain carbonyl oxygen atoms from the midmembrane breaks in two corresponding transmembrane helices. Here, we show that this cation is a stably bound sodium ion, and although it is not a transported substrate, its presence is required for the channel to adopt an open, fluoride-conduct ...[more]

PMID: 31945374

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