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ArticleNature communications2024

Cryo-EM structures of pannexin 1 and 3 reveal differences among pannexin isoforms.

Nazia Hussain, Ashish Apotikar, Shabareesh Pidathala, Sourajit Mukherjee, Ananth Prasad Burada, Sujit Kumar Sikdar, Kutti R Vinothkumar, Aravind Penmatsa

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Pannexins in the vasculature.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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  6. Pannexin channels in the kidney.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nazia HussainMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-5353
Ashish ApotikarMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0489-4326
Shabareesh PidathalaMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-4117
Sourajit MukherjeeMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6561-6557
Ananth Prasad BuradaMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9784-1778
Sujit Kumar SikdarMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-5868
Kutti R VinothkumarNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, 560065, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6746-5684
Aravind PenmatsaMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India. penmatsa@iisc.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-5055
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore · INSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USTata Institute of Fundamental Research · INUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/E/20/1/505708DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/I/15/2/502063Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pannexins are single-membrane large-pore channels that release ions and ATP upon activation. Three isoforms of pannexins 1, 2, and 3, perform diverse cellular roles and differ in their pore lining residues. In this study, we report the cryo-EM structure of pannexin 3 at 3.9 Å and analyze its structural differences with pannexin isoforms 1 and 2. The pannexin 3 vestibule has two distinct chambers and a wider pore radius in comparison to pannexins 1 and 2. We further report two cryo-EM structures of pannexin 1, with pore substitutions W74R/R75D that mimic the pore lining residues of pannexin 2 and a germline mutant of pannexin 1, R217H at resolutions of 3.2 Å and 3.9 Å, respectively. Substitution of cationic residues in the vestibule of pannexin 1 results in reduced ATP interaction propensities to the channel. The germline mutant R217H in transmembrane helix 3 (TM3), leads to a partially constricted pore, reduced ATP interaction and weakened voltage sensitivity. The study compares the three pannexin isoform structures, the effects of substitutions of pore and vestibule-lining residues and allosteric effects of a pathological substitution on channel structure and function thereby enhancing our understanding of this vital group of ATP-release channels.

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Adenosine TriphosphateConnexinsCryoelectron MicroscopyProtein IsoformsAdenosine TriphosphateConnexinsProtein Isoforms

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