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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
1997 May 13;9410:5456-60. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.10.5456.
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Scanning mutagenesis of the putative transmembrane segments of Kir2.1, an inward rectifier potassium channel.
Collins A, Chuang H, Jan YN, Jan LY.
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Structural models of inward rectifier K+ channels incorporate four identical or homologous subunits, each of which has two hydrophobic segments (M1 and M2) which are predicted to span the membrane as alpha helices. Since hydrophobic interactions between proteins and membrane lipids are thought to be generally of a nonspecific nature, we attempted to identify lipid-contacting residues in Kir2.1 as those which tolerate mutation to tryptophan, which has a large hydrophobic side chain. Tolerated mutations were defined as those which produced measurable inwardly rectifying currents in Xenopus oocytes. To distinguish between water-accessible positions and positions adjacent to membrane lipids or within the protein interior we also mutated residues in M1 and M2 individually to aspartate, since an amino acid with a charged side chain should not be tolerated at lipid-facing or interior positions, due to the energy cost of burying a charge in a hydrophobic environment. Surprisingly, 17 out of 20 and 17 out of 22 non-tryptophan residues in M1 and M2, respectively, tolerated being mutated to tryptophan. Moreover, aspartate was tolerated at 15 out of 22 and 15 out of 21 non-aspartate M1 and M2 positions respectively. Periodicity in the pattern of tolerated vs. nontolerated mutations consistent with alpha helices or beta strands did not emerge convincingly from these data. We consider the possibility that parts of M1 and M2 may be in contact with water.
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