Kalium rhodopsins: Natural light-gated potassium channels
Govorunova, E. G.; Gou, Y.; Sineshchekov, O. A.; Li, H.; Wang, Y.; Brown, L. S.; Xue, M.; Spudich, J. L.
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We report a family of K+ channels, kalium channelrhodopsins (KCRs) from a fungus-like protist. Previously known potassium channels, widespread and mainly ligand- or voltage-gated, share a conserved pore-forming domain and K+-selectivity filter. KCRs differ in that they are light-gated and they have independently evolved an alternative K+ selectivity mechanism. The KCRs are potent, highly selective of K+ over Na+, and open in less than 1 millisecond following photoactivation. Their permeability ratio PK/PNa of [~] 20 make KCRs powerful hyperpolarizing tools that suppress excitable cell firing upon illumination, demonstrated here in mouse cortical neurons. KCRs enable specific optogenetic photocontrol of K+ gradients promising for the study and potential treatment of potassium channelopathies such as epilepsy, Parkinsons disease, and long-QT syndrome and other cardiac arrhythmias. One-Sentence SummaryPotassium-selective channelrhodopsins long-sought for optogenetic research and therapy of neurological and cardiac diseases.
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