Myotonia-related mutations in the distal C-terminus of ClC-1 and ClC-0 chloride channels affect the structure of a poly-proline helix.
Myotonia is a state of hyperexcitability of skeletal-muscle fibres. Mutations in the ClC-1 Cl- channel cause recessive and dominant forms of this disease. Mutations have been described throughout the protein-coding region, including three sequence variations (A885P, R894X and P932L) in a distal C-terminal stretch of residues [CTD (C-terminal domain) region] that are not conserved between CLC proteins. We show that surface expression of these mutants is reduced in Xenopus oocytes compared with wild-type ClC-1. Functional, biochemical and NMR spectroscopy studies revealed that the CTD region encompasses a segment conserved in most voltage-dependent CLC channels that folds with a secondary structure containing a short type II poly-proline helix. We found that the myotonia-causing mutation A885P disturbs this structure by extending the poly-proline helix. We hypothesize that this structural modification results in the observed alteration of the common gate that acts on both pores of the channel. We provide the first experimental investigation of structural changes resulting from myotonia-causing mutations.
Macías
María J
MJ
Institut de Recerca Biomédica, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1-5, Barcelona, E-08028, Spain.
Teijido
Oscar
O
Zifarelli
Giovanni
G
Martin
Pau
P
Ramirez-Espain
Ximena
X
Zorzano
Antonio
A
Palacín
Manuel
M
Pusch
Michael
M
Estévez
Raúl
R
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009222:Myotonia / Q000235:genetics*; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation
C086321:CLC-1 channel; D018118:Chloride Channels; D010455:Peptides; C011083:polyproline