title: Real-time visualization of conformational changes within single MloK1 cyclic nucleotide-modulated channels.
abstract: Eukaryotic cyclic nucleotide-modulated (CNM) ion channels perform various physiological roles by opening in response to cyclic nucleotides binding to a specialized cyclic nucleotide-binding domain. Despite progress in structure-function analysis, the conformational rearrangements underlying the gating of these channels are still unknown. Here, we image ligand-induced conformational changes in single CNM channels from Mesorhizobium loti (MloK1) in real-time, using high-speed atomic force microscopy. In the presence of cAMP, most channels are in a stable conformation, but a few molecules dynamically switch back and forth (blink) between at least two conformations with different heights. Upon cAMP depletion, more channels start blinking, with blinking heights increasing over time, suggestive of slow, progressive loss of ligands from the tetramer. We propose that during gating, MloK1 transitions from a set of mobile conformations in the absence to a stable conformation in the presence of ligand and that these conformations are central for gating the pore.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1006, Aix-Marseille Université, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille 13009, France.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rangl
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1006, Aix-Marseille Université, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille 13009, France.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.affiliation: Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowal
authors.affiliation: Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, Basel CH-4058, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Henning
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1185-4592
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stahlberg
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1006, Aix-Marseille Université, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille 13009, France.|Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Crina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Nimigean
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1006, Aix-Marseille Université, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille 13009, France.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scheuring
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D054815:Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D059128:Mesorhizobium / Q000378:metabolism*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D054815:Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels; D000242:Cyclic AMP