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Studies of the Structure of Potassium Channel KcsA in the Open Conformation and the Effect of Anionic Lipids on Channel Inactivation

Dongyu Zhang

出版	Columbia University, 2019
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=g7E6zAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Membrane proteins play a vital role in cellular processes. In this thesis, we use KcsA, a prokaryotic potassium channel, as a model to investigate the gating mechanism of ion channels and the effect of anionic lipids on the channel activity using solid-state NMR spectroscopy. KcsA activity is known to be highly dependent on the presence of negatively charged lipids. Multiple crystal structures combined with biochemistry assays suggest that KcsA is co-purified with anionic lipids with phosphatidylglycerol headgroup. Here, we identified this specifically bound, isotopically labeled lipid in the protein 13C-13C correlation spectra. Our results reveal that the lipid cross peaks show stronger intensity when the channel is in the inactivated state compared to the activated state, which indicates a stronger protein-lipid interaction when KcsA is inactivated. In addition, our data shows that including anionic lipids into proteoliposomes leads to a weaker potassium ion affinity at the selectivity filter.