Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5372486 | Biophysical Chemistry | 2006 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The ClC chloride channels control the ionic composition of the cytoplasm and the volume of cells, and regulate electrical excitability. Recently, it has been proposed that prokaryotic ClC channels are H+-Clâ exchange transporter. Although X-ray and molecular dynamics (MD) studies of bacterial ClC channels have investigated the filter open-close and ion permeation mechanism of channels, details have remained unclear. We performed MD simulations of ClC channels involving H+, Na+, K+, or H3O+ in the intracellular region to elucidate the open-close mechanism, and to clarify the role of H+ ion an H+-Clâ exchange transporter. Our simulations revealed that H+ and Na+ caused channel opening and the passage of Clâ ions. Na+ induced a bead-like string of Clâ-Na+-Clâ-Na+-Clâ ions to form and permeate through ClC channels to the intracellular side with the widening of the channel pathway.
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Authors
Atsushi Suenaga, Jay Z. Yeh, Makoto Taiji, Akira Toyama, Hideo Takeuchi, Mingyu Son, Kazuyoshi Takayama, Masatoshi Iwamoto, Ikuro Sato, Toshio Narahashi, Akihiko Konagaya, Kunihiko Goto,