2MNG

Apo Structure of human HCN4 CNBD solved by NMR


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 50000 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

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Literature

A mechanism for the auto-inhibition of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channel opening and its relief by cAMP.

Akimoto, M.Zhang, Z.Boulton, S.Selvaratnam, R.VanSchouwen, B.Gloyd, M.Accili, E.A.Lange, O.F.Melacini, G.

(2014) J Biol Chem 289: 22205-22220

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M114.572164
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2MNG

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) ion channels control neuronal and cardiac electrical rhythmicity. There are four homologous isoforms (HCN1-4) sharing a common multidomain architecture that includes an N-terminal transmembrane tetrameric ion channel followed by a cytoplasmic "C-linker," which connects a more distal cAMP-binding domain (CBD) to the inner pore. Channel opening is primarily stimulated by transmembrane elements that sense membrane hyperpolarization, although cAMP reduces the voltage required for HCN activation by promoting tetramerization of the intracellular C-linker, which in turn relieves auto-inhibition of the inner pore gate. Although binding of cAMP has been proposed to relieve auto-inhibition by affecting the structure of the C-linker and CBD, the nature and extent of these cAMP-dependent changes remain limitedly explored. Here, we used NMR to probe the changes caused by the binding of cAMP and of cCMP, a partial agonist, to the apo-CBD of HCN4. Our data indicate that the CBD exists in a dynamic two-state equilibrium, whose position as gauged by NMR chemical shifts correlates with the V½ voltage measured through electrophysiology. In the absence of cAMP, the most populated CBD state leads to steric clashes with the activated or "tetrameric" C-linker, which becomes energetically unfavored. The steric clashes of the apo tetramer are eliminated either by cAMP binding, which selects for a CBD state devoid of steric clashes with the tetrameric C-linker and facilitates channel opening, or by a transition of apo-HCN to monomers or dimer of dimers, in which the C-linker becomes less structured, and channel opening is not facilitated.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    From the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Potassium/sodium hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 4131Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: HCN4
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Find proteins for Q9Y3Q4 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q9Y3Q4
PHAROS:  Q9Y3Q4
GTEx:  ENSG00000138622 
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UniProt GroupQ9Y3Q4
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 50000 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2014-06-04
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-02-11
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-05-01
    Changes: Data collection, Database references