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ArticlePflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology2011

Functional arrangement of the 12th transmembrane region in the CFTR chloride channel pore based on functional investigation of a cysteine-less CFTR variant.

Feng Qian, Yassine El Hiani, Paul Linsdell

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Article in Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CFTR Modulators: From Mechanism to Targeted Therapeutics.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2024
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  6. Structural mechanisms of CFTR function and dysfunction.The Journal of general physiology · 2018
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  7. Molecular modelling and molecular dynamics of CFTR.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2017
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  8. Architecture and functional properties of the CFTR channel pore.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2017
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  15. Localizing a gate in CFTR.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Feng QianDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, Dalhousie University, 1459 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Yassine El Hiani
Paul Linsdell
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The membrane-spanning part of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl(-) channel comprises 12 transmembrane (TM) α-helices, arranged into two pseudo-symmetrical groups of six. While TM6 in the N-terminal TMs is known to line the pore and to make an important contribution to channel properties, much less is known about its C-terminal counterpart, TM12. We have used patch clamp recording to investigate the accessibility of cytoplasmically applied cysteine-reactive reagents to cysteines introduced along the length of TM12 in a cysteine-less variant of CFTR. We find that methanethiosulfonate (MTS) reagents irreversibly modify cysteines substituted for TM12 residues N1138, M1140, S1141, T1142, Q1144, W1145, V1147, N1148, and S1149 when applied to the cytoplasmic side of open channels. Cysteines sensitive to internal MTS reagents were not modified by extracellular [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl] MTS, consistent with MTS reagent impermeability. Both S1141C and T1142C could be modified by intracellular [2-sulfonatoethyl] MTS prior to channel activation; however, N1138C and M1140C, located deeper into the pore from its cytoplasmic end, were modified only after channel activation. Comparison of these results with previous work on CFTR-TM6 allows us to develop a model of the relative positions, functional contributions, and alignment of these two important TMs lining the CFTR pore. We also propose a mechanism by which these seemingly structurally symmetrical TMs make asymmetric contributions to the functional properties of the channel pore.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCricetinaeCysteineCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorMesylatesPatch-Clamp TechniquesCysteineCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorMesylatesmethanethiosulfonate

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