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A basic residue in the proximal C-terminus is necessary for efficient activation of the M-channel subunit Kv7.2 by PI(4,5)P₂

Telezhkin, V; Thomas, AM; Harmer, SC; Tinker, A; Brown, DA; (2013) A basic residue in the proximal C-terminus is necessary for efficient activation of the M-channel subunit Kv7.2 by PI(4,5)P₂. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology , 465 (7) 945 -953. 10.1007/s00424-012-1199-3. Green open access

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Abstract

All Kv7 potassium channels require membrane phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) for their normal function and hence can be physiologically regulated by neurotransmitters and hormones that stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis. Recent mutational analysis indicates that a cluster of basic residues in the proximal C-terminus (K354/K358/R360/K362) is crucial for PI(4,5)P2 activation of cardiac Kv7.1 channels. Since this cluster is largely conserved in all Kv7 subunits, we tested whether homologous residues are also required for activation of Kv7.2 (a subunit of neuronal M-channels). We found that the mutation Kv7.2 (R325A) (corresponding to R360 in Kv7.1) reduced Kv7.2 current amplitude by ∼60 % (P < 0.02) without change in voltage sensitivity and reduced the sensitivity of Kv7.2 channels to dioctanoyl-phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate by ∼eightfold (P < 0.001). Taking into account previous experiments (Zhang et al., Neuron 37:963-75, 2003) implicating Kv7.2 (H328), and since R325 and H328 are conserved in homologous positions in all other Kv7 channels, we suggest that this proximal C-terminal domain adjacent to the last transmembrane domain that contains R325 and H328 (in Kv7.2) might play a major role in the activation of all members of the Kv7 channel family by PI(4,5)P2.

Type: Article
Title: A basic residue in the proximal C-terminus is necessary for efficient activation of the M-channel subunit Kv7.2 by PI(4,5)P₂
Location: Germany
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1199-3
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00424-012-1199-3
Language: English
Additional information: PMCID: PMC3696465
Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, CHO Cells, Cricetinae, Cricetulus, Humans, Ion Channel Gating, KCNQ2 Potassium Channel, Molecular Sequence Data, Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate, Point Mutation, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Subunits
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1382726
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