Structural mechanisms of selectivity and gating in anion channelrhodopsins

Autor: Soo Yeun Lee, Keitaro Yamashita, Charu Ramakrishnan, Keiichi Inoue, Andre Berndt, Karl Deisseroth, Daniel Hilger, William E. Allen, Ron O. Dror, Hideki Kandori, Lief E. Fenno, Claire E. Richardson, Kang Shen, Kathryn E. Evans, Hideaki E. Kato, Joseph M. Paggi, Yoon Seok Kim, Shota Ito, Brian K. Kobilka
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature. 561:349-354
ISSN: 1476-4687
0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0504-5
Popis: Both designed and natural anion-conducting channelrhodopsins (dACRs and nACRs, respectively) have been widely applied in optogenetics (enabling selective inhibition of target-cell activity during animal behaviour studies), but each class exhibits performance limitations, underscoring trade-offs in channel structure-function relationships. Therefore, molecular and structural insights into dACRs and nACRs will be critical not only for understanding the fundamental mechanisms of these light-gated anion channels, but also to create next-generation optogenetic tools. Here we report crystal structures of the dACR iC++, along with spectroscopic, electrophysiological and computational analyses that provide unexpected insights into pH dependence, substrate recognition, channel gating and ion selectivity of both dACRs and nACRs. These results enabled us to create an anion-conducting channelrhodopsin integrating the key features of large photocurrent and fast kinetics alongside exclusive anion selectivity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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