Tuning of CFTR chloride channel function by location of positive charges within the pore

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High unitary Cl- conductance in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator Cl- channel requires a functionally unique, positively charged lysine residue (K95) in the inner vestibule of the channel pore. Here we used a mutagenic approach to investigate the ability of other sites in the pore to host this important positive charge. The loss of conductance observed in the K95Q mutation was >50% rescued by substituting a lysine for each of five different pore-lining amino acids, suggesting that the exact location of the fixed positive charge is not crucial to support high conductance. Moving the positive charge also restored open-channel blocker interactions that are lost in K95Q. Introducing a second positive charge in addition to that at K95 did not increase conductance at any site, but did result in a striking increase in the strength of block by divalent Pt(NO2)42- ions. Based on the site dependence of these effects, we propose that although the exact location of the positive charge is not crucial for normal pore properties, transplanting this charge to other sites results in a diminution of its effectiveness that appears to depend on its location along the axis of the pore.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)1719-1726
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónBiophysical Journal
Volumen103
N.º8
DOI
EstadoPublished - oct. 17 2012

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Y.E.H. is a Cystic Fibrosis Canada Postdoctoral Fellow.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biophysics

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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