Ion- and water-binding sites inside an occluded hourglass pore of a trimeric intracellular cation (TRIC) channel.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trimeric intracellular cation (TRIC) channels are crucial for Ca²⁺ handling in eukaryotes and are involved in K⁺ uptake in prokaryotes. Recent studies on the representative members of eukaryotic and prokaryotic TRIC channels demonstrated that they form homotrimeric units with the ion-conducting pores contained within each individual monomer.

Results

Here we report detailed insights into the ion- and water-binding sites inside the pore of a TRIC channel from Sulfolobus solfataricus (SsTRIC). Like the mammalian TRIC channels, SsTRIC is permeable to both K⁺ and Na⁺ with a slight preference for K⁺, and is nearly impermeable to Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, or Cl^-. In the 2.2-Å resolution K⁺

SUBMITTER: Ou X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5401562 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature