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The N‐terminal transmembrane domain (TMD0) and a cytosolic linker (L0) of sulphonylurea receptor define the unique intrinsic gating of K ATP channels
Author(s) -
Fang Kun,
Csanády László,
Chan Kim W.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.112748
Subject(s) - gating , kir6.2 , biophysics , sulfonylurea receptor , transmembrane domain , chemistry , potassium channel , transmembrane protein , linker , cytosol , transmembrane channels , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , ion channel , receptor , voltage gated ion channel , biology , protein subunit , enzyme , computer science , gene , operating system
ATP‐sensitive potassium (K ATP ) channels comprise four pore‐forming Kir6 and four regulatory sulphonylurea receptor (SUR) subunits. SUR, an ATP‐binding cassette protein, associates with Kir6 through its N‐terminal transmembrane domain (TMD0). TMD0 connects to the core domain of SUR through a cytosolic linker (L0). The intrinsic gating of Kir6.2 is greatly altered by SUR. It has been hypothesized that these changes are conferred by TMD0. Exploiting the fact that the pancreatic (SUR1/Kir6.2) and the cardiac (SUR2A/Kir6.2) K ATP channels show different gating behaviours, we have tested this hypothesis by comparing the intrinsic gating of Kir6.2 with the last 26 residues deleted (Kir6.2Δ26) co‐expressed with SUR1, S1‐TMD0, SUR2A and S2‐TMD0 at −40 and −100 mV (S is an abbreviation for SUR; TMD0/Kir6.2Δ26, but not TMD0/Kir6.2, can exit the endoplastic reticulum and reach the cell membrane). Single‐channel kinetic analyses revealed that the mean burst and interburst durations are shorter for TMD0/Kir6.2Δ26 than for the corresponding SUR channels. No differences were found between the two TMD0 channels. We further demonstrated that in isolation even TMD0‐L0 (SUR truncated after L0) cannot confer the wild‐type intrinsic gating to Kir6.2Δ26 and that swapping L0 (SUR truncated after L0)between SUR1 and SUR2A only partially exchanges their different intrinsic gating. Therefore, in addition to TMD0, L0 and the core domain also participate in determining the intrinsic gating of Kir6.2. However, TMD0 and L0 are responsible for the different gating patterns of full‐length SUR1 and SUR2A channels. A kinetic model with one open and four closed states is presented to explain our results in a mechanistic context.