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| العنوان: |
Allosteric-activation mechanism of BK channel gating ring triggered by calcium ions. |
| المؤلفون: |
Guan, Ronghua, Zhou, Hui, Li, Junwei, Xiao, Shaoying, Pang, Chunli, Chen, Yafei, Du, Xiangrong, Ke, Shaoxi, Tang, Qiongyao, Su, Jiguo, Zhan, Yong, An, Hailong |
| المصدر: |
PLoS ONE; 9/27/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 9, p1-14, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CALCIUM ions, ALLOSTERIC regulation, MOLECULAR dynamics, ION channels, POTASSIUM channels, PHYSIOLOGY |
| مستخلص: |
Calcium ions bind at the gating ring which triggers the gating of BK channels. However, the allosteric mechanism by which Ca2+ regulates the gating of BK channels remains obscure. Here, we applied Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Targeted MD to the integrated gating ring of BK channels, and achieved the transition from the closed state to a half-open state. Our date show that the distances of the diagonal subunits increase from 41.0 Å at closed state to 45.7Å or 46.4 Å at a half-open state. It is the rotatory motion and flower-opening like motion of the gating rings which are thought to pull the bundle crossing gate to open ultimately. Compared with the ‘Ca2+ bowl’ at RCK2, the RCK1 Ca2+ sites make more contribution to opening the channel. The allosteric motions of the gating ring are regulated by three group of interactions. The first weakened group is thought to stabilize the close state; the second strengthened group is thought to stabilize the open state; the third group thought to lead AC region forming the CTD pore to coordinated motion, which exquisitely regulates the conformational changes during the opening of BK channels by Ca2+. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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