Narrowed pore conformations of aquaglyceroporins AQP3 and GlpF.

ABSTRACT: Aquaglyceroporins such as aquaporin-3 (AQP3) and its bacterial homologue GlpF facilitate water and glycerol permeation across lipid bilayers. X-ray crystal structures of GlpF showed open pore conformations, and AQP3 has also been predicted to adopt this conformation. Here we present cryo-electron microscopy structures of rat AQP3 and GlpF in different narrowed pore conformations. In n-dodecyl-β-D-maltopyranoside detergent micelles, aromatic/arginine constriction filter residues of AQP3 containing Tyr212 form a 2.8-Å diameter pore, whereas in 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) nanodiscs, Tyr212 inserts into the pore. Molecular dynamics simulation shows the Tyr212-in conformation is stable and largely suppresses water permeability. AQP3 reconstituted in POPC liposomes ex

SUBMITTER: Kozai D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11926279 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature