Click here to close Hello! We notice that you are using Internet Explorer, which is not supported by Xenbase and may cause the site to display incorrectly. We suggest using a current version of Chrome, FireFox, or Safari.
XB-ART-36332
Structure 2007 Jun 01;156:671-82. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2007.04.008.
Show Gene links Show Anatomy links

Structure and rearrangements in the carboxy-terminal region of SpIH channels.

Flynn GE , Black KD , Islas LD , Sankaran B , Zagotta WN .


???displayArticle.abstract???
Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-modulated (HCN) ion channels regulate the spontaneous firing activity and electrical excitability of many cardiac and neuronal cells. The modulation of HCN channel opening by the direct binding of cAMP underlies many physiological processes such as the autonomic regulation of the heart rate. Here we use a combination of X-ray crystallography and electrophysiology to study the allosteric mechanism for cAMP modulation of HCN channels. SpIH is an invertebrate HCN channel that is activated fully by cAMP, but only partially by cGMP. We exploited the partial agonist action of cGMP on SpIH to reveal the molecular mechanism for cGMP specificity of many cyclic nucleotide-regulated enzymes. Our results also elaborate a mechanism for the allosteric conformational change in the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain and a mechanism for partial agonist action. These mechanisms will likely extend to other cyclic nucleotide-regulated channels and enzymes as well.

???displayArticle.pubmedLink??? 17562314
???displayArticle.pmcLink??? PMC2219339
???displayArticle.link??? Structure
???displayArticle.grants??? [+]

Genes referenced: camp

References [+] :
Adams, Recent developments in the PHENIX software for automated crystallographic structure determination. 2004, Pubmed