A Shared Mechanism for the Folding of Voltage-Gated K+ Channels

Biochemistry
Sarah K McDonaldFrancis I Valiyaveetil

Abstract

In this study, we probe the folding of KvAP, a voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channel. The KvAP channel, though of archaebacterial origin, is structurally and functionally similar to eukaryotic Kv channels. An advantage of the KvAP channel is that it can be folded in vitro from an extensively unfolded state and the folding can be controlled by temperature. We utilize these properties of the KvAP channel to separately study the membrane insertion and the tetramerization stages during folding. We use two quantitative assays: a Cys PEGylation assay to monitor membrane insertion and a cross-linking assay to monitor tetramerization. We show that during folding the KvAP polypeptide is rapidly inserted into the lipid bilayer with a "native-like" topology. We identify a segment at the C-terminus that is important for multimerization of the KvAP channel. We show that this C-terminal domain forms a dimer, which raises the possibility that the tetramerization of the KvAP channel proceeds through a dimer of dimers pathway. Our studies show that the in vitro folding of the KvAP channel mirrors aspects of the cellular assembly pathway for voltage-gated K+ channels and therefore suggest that evolutionarily distinct Kv channels share a common folding p...Continue Reading

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