PMID: 29249605

Authors:

Kowal J, Biyani N, Chami M, Scherer S, Rzepiela AJ, Baumgartner P, Upadhyay V, Nimigean CM, Stahlberg H

Title:

High-Resolution Cryoelectron Microscopy Structure of the Cyclic Nucleotide-Modulated Potassium Channel MloK1 in a Lipid Bilayer.

Journal:

Structure. 2017 Dec 1. pii: S0969-2126(17)30365-9. doi:, 10.1016/j.str.2017.11.012.

Abstract:

Eukaryotic cyclic nucleotide-modulated channels perform their diverse physiological roles by opening and closing their pores to ions in response to cyclic nucleotide binding. We here present a structural model for the cyclic nucleotide-modulated potassium channel homolog from Mesorhizobium loti, MloK1, determined from 2D crystals in the presence of lipids. Even though crystals diffract electrons to only approximately 10 A, using cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) and recently developed computational methods, we have determined a 3D map of full-length MloK1 in the presence of cyclic AMP (cAMP) at approximately 4.5 A isotropic 3D resolution. The structure provides a clear picture of the arrangement of the cyclic nucleotide-binding domains with respect to both the pore and the putative voltage sensor domains when cAMP is bound, and reveals a potential gating mechanism in the context of the lipid-embedded channel.