Mutations in the pore region of ROMK enhance Ba2+ block

The American Journal of Physiology
H ZhouH Sackin

Abstract

The sequence of the hydrophobic "P" (pore) region of a K(+)-selective channel from the kidney (ROMK2) was altered to match that of the closely related inward rectifier (IRK1) channel by changing two amino acids, leucine (L) 117 and valine (V) 121, to isoleucine (I) and threonine (T), respectively. The mutant channel expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes had an apparent inhibition constant at zero voltage [Ki(0)] in the presence of Ba2+ of 0.07 +/- 0.01 mM, which was more than 50 times lower than the Ki(0) of the wild-type channel (4.7 +/- 1.0 mM). The increased sensitivity to Ba2+ was accounted for by the point mutation V121T. Single-channel measurements indicated that the increased affinity involved an increase in the on-rate for Ba2+ block and a decrease in the off-rate. Block by Ca+ was also enhanced. The single-channel conductance of the L1171/ V121T mutant was increased by 50%, whereas the degree of inward rectification, ion selectivity, and apparent affinity for K+ were essentially unchanged. When the neutral asparagine residue within the second putative membrane-spanning domain of the ROMK channel was substituted with aspartic acid, the corresponding amino acid in IRK1, the degree of inward rectification was enhanced but B...Continue Reading

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