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ArticleBiophysical journal2018

An Atomistic Model of a Precursor State of Light-Induced Channel Opening of Channelrhodopsin.

Cheng Cheng, Motoshi Kamiya, Mizuki Takemoto, Ryuichiro Ishitani, Osamu Nureki, Norio Yoshida, Shigehiko Hayashi

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  1. Structural Insights Into the Opening Mechanism of C1C2 Channelrhodopsin.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  7. Structure-Function Relationship of Channelrhodopsins.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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Cheng ChengDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Motoshi KamiyaDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Mizuki TakemotoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryuichiro IshitaniDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Osamu NurekiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Norio YoshidaDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address: noriwo@chem.kyushu-univ.jp.
Shigehiko HayashiDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: hayashig@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp.

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Abstract

Channelrhodopsins (ChRs) are microbial light-gated ion channels with a retinal chromophore and are widely utilized in optogenetics to precisely control neuronal activity with light. Despite increasing understanding of their structures and photoactivation kinetics, the atomistic mechanism of light gating and ion conduction remains elusive. Here, we present an atomic structural model of a chimeric ChR in a precursor state of the channel opening determined by an accurate hybrid molecular simulation technique and a statistical theory of internal water distribution. The photoactivated structure features extensive tilt of the chromophore accompanied by redistribution of water molecules in its binding pocket, which is absent in previously known photoactivated structures of analogous photoreceptors, and widely agrees with structural and spectroscopic experimental evidence of ChRs. The atomistic model manifests a photoactivated ion-conduction pathway that is markedly different from a previously proposed one and successfully explains experimentally observed mutagenic effects on key channel properties.

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LightChannelrhodopsinsIon Channel GatingModels, MolecularProtein ConformationThermodynamicsChannelrhodopsins

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PMID30236783
PMCPMC6170652

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