Solution Structure of the NaV1.2 C-terminal EF-hand Domain
Solution Structure of the NaV1.2 C-terminal EF-hand Domain
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m807401200
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发表时间:
2009-03-06
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Palmer, Arthur G., III
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作者:
Miloushev, Vesselin Z.;Levine, Joshua A.;Palmer, Arthur G., III
Voltage-gated sodium channels initiate the rapid upstroke of action potentials in many excitable tissues. Mutations within intracellular C-terminal sequences of specific channels underlie a diverse set of channelopathies, including cardiac arrhythmias and epilepsy syndromes. The three-dimensional structure of the C-terminal residues 1777-1882 of the human Na(V)1.2 voltage-gated sodium channel has been determined in solution by NMR spectroscopy at pH 7.4 and 290.5 K. The ordered structure extends from residues Leu-1790 to Glu-1868 and is composed of four alpha-helices separated by two short anti-parallel beta-strands; a less well defined helical region extends from residue Ser-1869 to Arg-1882, and a disordered N-terminal region encompasses residues 1777-1789. Although the structure has the overall architecture of a paired EF-hand domain, the Na(V)1.2 C-terminal domain does not bind Ca2+ through the canonical EF-hand loops, as evidenced by monitoring H-1, N-15 chemical shifts during a Ca2+ titration. Backbone chemical shift resonance assignments and Ca2+ titration also were performed for the Na(V)1.5 (1773-1878) isoform, demonstrating similar secondary structure architecture and the absence of Ca2+ binding by the EF-hand loops. Clinically significant mutations identified in the C-terminal region of Na(V)1 sodium channels cluster in the helix I-IV interface and the helix II-III interhelical segment or in helices III and IV of the Na(V)1.2 (1777-1882) structure.