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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 108, Issue 14, Pages 5885-5890Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100316108
Keywords
aldo-keto reductase; double-mutant cycle analysis; electrostatic interactions; voltage-dependent potassium channel
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- US National Institutes of Health [HL086392, T32HL087745]
- American Heart Association [0630148N, 0826067D]
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation [5-FY06-20]
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The Kv1 family voltage-dependent K+ channels assemble with cytosolic beta subunits (Kv beta), which are composed of a flexible N terminus followed by a structured core domain. The N terminus of certain Kv beta s inactivates the channel by blocking the ion conduction pore, and the core domain is a functional enzyme that uses NADPH as a cofactor. Oxidation of the Kv beta-bound NADPH inhibits inactivation and potentiates channel current, but the mechanism behind this effect is unknown. Here we show that after oxidation, the core domain binds to part of the N terminus, thus restraining it from blocking the channel. The interaction is partially mediated by two negatively charged residues on the core domain and three positively charged ones on the N terminus. These results provide a molecular basis for the coupling between the cellular redox state and channel activity, and establish Kv beta as a target for pharmacological control of Kv1 channels.
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