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Membranes (Basel)
2022 Oct 19;1210:. doi: 10.3390/membranes12101012.
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Expression of Mutant Glycine Receptors in Xenopus Oocytes Using Canonical and Non-Canonical Amino Acids Reveals Distinct Roles of Conserved Proline Residues.
Lummis SCR
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Dougherty DA
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Pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGIC) play important roles in fast neuronal signal transmission. Functional receptors are pentamers, with each subunit having an extracellular domain (ECD), a transmembrane domain (TMD) and an intracellular domain. The binding of the agonist to the ECD induces a structural change that is transduced to the TMD to open the channel. Molecular details of this process are emerging, but a comprehensive understanding is still lacking. Proline (Pro) is one amino acid that has attracted much interest; its unusual features generate bends in loops and kinks and bulges in helices, which can be essential for function in some pLGICs. Here, we explore the roles of four conserved Pros in the glycine receptor (GlyR), creating substitutions with canonical and noncanonical amino acids, characterizing them using two electrode voltage clamp electrophysiology in Xenopus oocytes, and interpreting changes in receptor parameters using structural data from the open and closed states of the receptor. The data reveal that for efficient function, the Pro in the α1β1 loop is needed to create a turn and to be the correct size and shape to interact with nearby residues; the peptide bond of the Pro in the Cys-loop requires the cis conformation; and the Pros in loop A and M1 allow efficient function because of their reduced hydrogen bonding capacity. These data are broadly consistent with data from other pLGICs, and therefore likely represent the important features of these Pros in all members of the family.
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