title: Proton transport behavior through the influenza A M2 channel: insights from molecular simulation.
abstract: The structural properties of the influenza A virus M2 transmembrane channel in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer for each of the four protonation states of the proton-gating His-37 tetrad and their effects on proton transport for this low-pH activated, highly proton-selective channel are studied by classical molecular dynamics with the multistate empirical valence-bond (MS-EVB) methodology. The excess proton permeation free energy profile and maximum ion conductance calculated from the MS-EVB simulation data combined with the Poisson-Nernst-Planck theory indicates that the triply protonated His-37 state is the most likely open state via a significant side-chain conformational change of the His-37 tetrad. This proposed open state of M2 has a calculated proton permeation free energy barrier of 7 kcal/mol and a maximum conductance of 53 pS compared to the experimental value of 6 pS. By contrast, the maximum conductance for Na(+) is calculated to be four orders of magnitude lower, in reasonable agreement with the experimentally observed proton selectivity. The pH value to activate the channel opening is estimated to be 5.5 from dielectric continuum theory, which is also consistent with experimental results. This study further reveals that the Ala-29 residue region is the primary binding site for the antiflu drug amantadine (AMT), probably because that domain is relatively spacious and hydrophobic. The presence of AMT is calculated to reduce the proton conductance by 99.8% due to a significant dehydration penalty of the excess proton in the vicinity of the channel-bound AMT.
authors: Center for Biophysical Modeling and Simulation, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA.
authors: Hanning
authors: H
authors: Chen
authors: Yujie
authors: Y
authors: Wu
authors: Gregory A
authors: GA
authors: Voth
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D001692:Biological Transport; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006639:Histidine / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011485:Protein Binding; D011522:Protons; D012964:Sodium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D006639:Histidine; D012964:Sodium; D000409:Alanine
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