Structural basis of ATP release and ion selectivity in Pannexin1 channels
Zhang, Q.; Wang, J.; Gaullier, G.; Blikstad, C.; Kotol, D.; Dahl, G.; Barro Soria, R.; Mim, C.
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This study investigated the structural basis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) release and ion selectivity by Pannexin1 (Panx1). The microinjection of active SRC tyrosine kinase increased Panx1-mediated currents in Panx1-expressing oocytes. Furthermore, a mutation mimicking phosphorylation at Y308 turned Panx1 into a constitutively open ATP-releasing channel with broad ion permeability. Cryogenic electron microscopy showed that for most maps, the channel alternated between wide and narrow conformations. However, in the map of the phosphomimetic Y308E mutation, Panx1 remains in a wide ATP-releasing conformation. The pore-lining residues, W74 and R75, are flexible and create, in concert with the sequestered N-terminal helix, a path for ATP. The data point to phosphorylation as a reversible switch that activates ATP permeability by stabilizing Panx1 in the ATP-releasing conformation, which is crucial for developing modulators for diseases such as cancer and chronic pain.
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