A conserved mechanism couples cytosolic domain movements to pore gating in the TRPM2 channel.

ABSTRACT: Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 (TRPM2) cation channels contribute to immunocyte activation, insulin secretion, and central thermoregulation. TRPM2 opens upon binding cytosolic Ca²⁺ and ADP ribose (ADPR). We present here the 2.5 Å cryo-electronmicroscopy structure of TRPM2 from Nematostella vectensis (nvTRPM2) in a lipid nanodisc, complexed with Ca²⁺ and ADPR-2'-phosphate. Comparison with nvTRPM2 without nucleotide reveals that nucleotide binding-induced movements in the protein's three "core" layers deconvolve into a set of rigid-body rotations conserved from cnidarians to man. By covalently crosslinking engineered cysteine pairs we systematically trap the cytosolic layers in specific conformations and study effects on gate opening/closure. The data

SUBMITTER: Toth B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11573590 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature