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Channels (Austin)
2007 Jan 01;15:344-52. doi: 10.4161/chan.5112.
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Docking of mu-conotoxin GIIIA in the sodium channel outer vestibule.
Choudhary G
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Aliste MP
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Tieleman DP
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French RJ
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Dudley SC
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mu-Conotoxin GIIIA (mu-CTX) is a high-affinity ligand for the outer vestibule of selected isoforms of the voltage-gated Na(+) channel. The detailed bases for the toxin's high affinity binding and isoform selectivity are unclear. The outer vestibule is lined by four pore-forming (P) loops, each with an acidic residue near the mouth of the vestibule. mu-CTX has seven positively charged residues that may interact with these acidic P-loop residues. Using pair-wise alanine replacement of charged toxin and channel residues, in conjunction with double mutant cycle analysis, we determined coupling energies for specific interactions between each P-loop acidic residue and selected toxin residues to systematically establish quantitative restraints on the toxin orientation in the outer vestibule. Xenopus oocytes were injected with the mutant or native Na(+) channel mRNA, and currents measured by two-electrode voltage clamp. Mutant cycle analysis revealed novel, strong, toxin-channel interactions between K9/E403, K11/D1241, K11/D1532, and R19/D1532. Experimentally determined coupling energies for interacting residue pairs provided restraints for molecular dynamics simulations of mu-CTX docking. Our simulations suggest a refined orientation of the toxin in the pore, with toxin basic side-chains playing key roles in high-affinity binding. This modeling also provides a set of testable predictions for toxin-channel interactions, hitherto not described, that may contribute to high-affinity binding and channel isoform selectivity.
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