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Novel molecular determinants contributing to the voltage dependent gating of CLC-1 channel : CLC-1 이온통로의 막전압의존성 개폐의 조절기전
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- Authors
- Advisor
- 서인석
- Major
- 의과대학 의과학과
- Issue Date
- 2017-02
- Publisher
- 서울대학교 대학원
- Keywords
- CLC-1 ; Helix O ; Voltage gated chloride channel ; proton ; channel gating ; myotonia congenita
- Description
- 학위논문 (박사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 의과학과, 2017. 2. 서인석.
- Abstract
- The CLC family of proteins consists of channels and transporters that share similarities in architecture and play essential roles in physiological functions. Among the CLC family, CLC-1 channels have the representative homodimeric double-barreled structure carrying two gating processes. One is protopore gating that acts on each pore independently by glutamate residue (Eext). The other is common gating that closes both pores simultaneously in association with large conformational changes across each subunit. In skeletal muscle, CLC-1 is associated with maintaining normal sarcolemmal excitability, and a number of myotonic mutants were reported to modify the channel gating of CLC-1. In this study, we characterized highly conserved helix O as a key determinant of structural stability in CLC-1. Supporting this hypothesis, myotonic mutant (G523D) at N-terminal of Helix O showed the activation at hyperpolarizing membrane potentials with a reversed voltage dependency. However, introducing glutamate at serine residue (S537) at the C-terminal of the helix O on G523D restored WT like voltage dependency of the common gate and showed proton insensitive voltage dependency. To further validate this significant site, site-specific mutagenesis experiments was performed on V292 that is highly conserved as glutamate in antiporter and closely located to S537 and
showed this area is essential for channel function. Taken together, the results of study suggest the importance of helix O as the main contributor for stable structure of evolutionary conserved CLC proteins and its key role in voltage dependency of the CLC-1. Furthermore, the C-terminal of the helix O can offer a clue for possible proton involvement in CLC- 1 channel.
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