Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating.
A conserved eag domain in the cytoplasmic amino terminus of the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channel is critical for its slow deactivation gating. Introduction of gene fragments encoding the eag domain are able to restore normal deactivation properties of channels from which mos...
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| author | Jorge Fernández-Trillo Francisco Barros Angeles Machín Luis Carretero Pedro Domínguez Pilar de la Peña |
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| description | A conserved eag domain in the cytoplasmic amino terminus of the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channel is critical for its slow deactivation gating. Introduction of gene fragments encoding the eag domain are able to restore normal deactivation properties of channels from which most of the amino terminus has been deleted, and also those lacking exclusively the eag domain or carrying a single point mutation in the initial residues of the N-terminus. Deactivation slowing in the presence of the recombinant domain is not observed with channels carrying a specific Y542C point mutation in the S4-S5 linker. On the other hand, mutations in some initial positions of the recombinant fragment also impair its ability to restore normal deactivation. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis of fluorophore-tagged proteins under total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) conditions revealed a substantial level of FRET between the introduced N-terminal eag fragments and the eag domain-deleted channels expressed at the membrane, but not between the recombinant eag domain and full-length channels with an intact amino terminus. The FRET signals were also minimized when the recombinant eag fragments carried single point mutations in the initial portion of their amino end, and when Y542C mutated channels were used. These data suggest that the restoration of normal deactivation gating by the N-terminal recombinant eag fragment is an intrinsic effect of this domain directed by the interaction of its N-terminal segment with the gating machinery, likely at the level of the S4-S5 linker. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cd719c081424fe2af7881d1474d5fc52022-12-21T17:31:17ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-0169e2467410.1371/journal.pone.0024674Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating.Jorge Fernández-TrilloFrancisco BarrosAngeles MachínLuis CarreteroPedro DomínguezPilar de la PeñaA conserved eag domain in the cytoplasmic amino terminus of the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channel is critical for its slow deactivation gating. Introduction of gene fragments encoding the eag domain are able to restore normal deactivation properties of channels from which most of the amino terminus has been deleted, and also those lacking exclusively the eag domain or carrying a single point mutation in the initial residues of the N-terminus. Deactivation slowing in the presence of the recombinant domain is not observed with channels carrying a specific Y542C point mutation in the S4-S5 linker. On the other hand, mutations in some initial positions of the recombinant fragment also impair its ability to restore normal deactivation. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis of fluorophore-tagged proteins under total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) conditions revealed a substantial level of FRET between the introduced N-terminal eag fragments and the eag domain-deleted channels expressed at the membrane, but not between the recombinant eag domain and full-length channels with an intact amino terminus. The FRET signals were also minimized when the recombinant eag fragments carried single point mutations in the initial portion of their amino end, and when Y542C mutated channels were used. These data suggest that the restoration of normal deactivation gating by the N-terminal recombinant eag fragment is an intrinsic effect of this domain directed by the interaction of its N-terminal segment with the gating machinery, likely at the level of the S4-S5 linker.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3174182?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Fernández-Trillo Francisco Barros Angeles Machín Luis Carretero Pedro Domínguez Pilar de la Peña Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating. PLoS ONE |
| title | Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating. |
| title_full | Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating. |
| title_fullStr | Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating. |
| title_short | Molecular determinants of interactions between the N-terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate hERG K+ channel gating. |
| title_sort | molecular determinants of interactions between the n terminal domain and the transmembrane core that modulate herg k channel gating |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3174182?pdf=render |
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