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Biophys J
2003 May 01;845:3022-36. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)70028-9.
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BeKm-1 is a HERG-specific toxin that shares the structure with ChTx but the mechanism of action with ErgTx1.
Zhang M, Korolkova YV, Liu J, Jiang M, Grishin EV, Tseng GN.
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Peptide toxins with disulfide-stabilized structures have been used as molecular calipers to probe the outer vestibule structure of K channels. We want to apply this approach to the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) channel, whose outer vestibule is unique in structure and function among voltage-gated K channels. Our focus here is BeKm-1, a HERG-specific peptide toxin that can suppress HERG in the low nM concentration range. Although BeKm-1 shares the three-dimensional scaffold with the well-studied charybdotoxin, the two use different mechanisms in suppressing currents through their target K channels. BeKm-1 binds near, but not inside, the HERG pore, and it is possible that BeKm-1-bound HERG channels can conduct currents although with markedly altered voltage-dependence and kinetics of gating. BeKm-1 and ErgTx1 differ in three-dimensional scaffold, but the two share mechanism of action and have overlapping binding sites on the HERG channel. For both, residues in the middle of the S5-P linker (the putative 583-597 helix) and residues at the pore entrance are critical for binding, although specific contact points vary between the two. Toxin foot printing using BeKm-1 and ErgTx1 will likely provide complementary information about the unique outer vestibule structure of the HERG channel.
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