Ion selectivity of the KcsA channel: a perspective from multi-ion free energy landscapes.

Journal of Molecular Biology
Bernhard Egwolf, Benoît Roux

Abstract

Potassium (K(+)) channels are specialized membrane proteins that are able to facilitate and regulate the conduction of K(+) through cell membranes. Comprising five specific cation binding sites (S(0)-S(4)) formed by the backbone carbonyl groups of conserved residues common to all K(+) channels, the narrow selectivity filter allows fast conduction of K(+) while being highly selective for K(+) over Na(+). To extend our knowledge of the microscopic mechanism underlying selectivity in K(+) channels, we characterize the free energy landscapes governing the entry and translocation of a Na(+) or a K(+) from the extracellular side into the selectivity filter of KcsA. The entry process of an extracellular ion is examined in the presence of two additional K(+) in the pore, and the three-ion potential of mean force is computed using extensive all-atom umbrella sampling molecular dynamics simulations. A comparison of the potentials of mean force yields a number of important results. First, the free energy minima corresponding to configurations with extracellular K(+) or Na(+) in binding site S(0) or S(1) are similar in depth, suggesting that the thermodynamic selectivity governed by the free energy minima for those two binding sites is ins...Continue Reading

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