ArticleThe Journal of membrane biology2025
Structural Dynamics of the Slide Helix of Inactive/Closed Conformation of KirBac1.1 in Micelles and Membranes: A Fluorescence Approach.
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- Molecular mechanisms of Kir channel gating.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026Review
- Anionic lipids modulate the membrane localization and conformational dynamics of KirBac1.1 slide helix during lipid-dependent activation.The Biochemical journal · 2025Article
- HInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Inward rectifying potassium (Kir) channels play a critical role in maintaining the resting membrane potential and cellular homeostasis. The high-resolution crystal structure of homotetrameric KirBac1.1 in detergent micelles provides a snapshot of the closed state. Similar to micelles, KirBac1.1 is reported to be in the inactive/closed conformation in POPC membranes. The slide helix of KirBac1.1 is an important structural motif that regulates channel gating. Despite the importance of slide helix in lipid-dependent gating, conflicting models have emerged for the location of slide helix and its structural dynamics in membrane mimetics is poorly understood. Here, we monitored the structural dynamics of the slide helix (residues 46-57) of KirBac1.1 in both DM micelles and POPC membranes utilizing various site-directed fluorescence approaches. We show, using ACMA-based liposome-flux assay, the cysteine mutants of the slide helix are not functional, ensuring the inactive/closed conformation in POPC membranes similar to wild-type channel. Time-resolved fluorescence and water accessibility measurements of NBD-labeled single-cysteine mutants of slide-helix residues suggest that the location of the slide helix at the interfacial region might be shallower in membranes compared to micelles. Interestingly, the slide helix of KirBac1.1 is more dynamic in the physiologically relevant membrane environment, which is accompanied by a differential hydration dynamics throughout the slide helix. Further, REES and lifetime distribution analyses suggest significant changes in conformational heterogeneity of the slide helix in membrane mimetics. Overall, our results give an insight into how membrane mimetics affect the organization and dynamics of slide helix of the closed state of KirBac1.1, and highlight the importance of lipid-protein interactions in membranes.
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