Modulation of C-type inactivation by K+ at the potassium channel selectivity filter

Biophysical Journal
L Kiss, S J Korn

Abstract

With prolonged or repetitive activation, voltage-gated K+ channels undergo a slow (C-type) inactivation mechanism, which decreases current flow through the channel. Previous observations suggest that C-type inactivation results from a localized constriction in the outer mouth of the channel pore and that the rate of inactivation is controlled by the-rate at which K+ leaves an unidentified binding site in the pore. We have functionally identified two K+ binding sites in the conduction pathway of a chimeric K+ channel that conducts Na+ in the absence of K+. One site has a high affinity for K+ and contributes to the selectivity filter mechanism for K+ over Na+. Another site, external to the high-affinity site, has a lower affinity for K+ and is not involved in channel selectivity. Binding of K+ to the high-affinity binding site slowed inactivation. Binding of cations to the external low-affinity site did not slow inactivation directly but could slow it indirectly, apparently by trapping K+ at the high-affinity site. These data support a model whereby C-type inactivation involves a constriction at the selectivity filter, and the constriction cannot proceed when the selectivity filter is occupied by K+.

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