Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the human epithelial sodium channel.
Structure of the human epithelial sodium channel by cryo-electron microscopy.
机构信息
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States.
Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States.
出版信息
Elife. 2018 Sep 25;7:e39340. doi: 10.7554/eLife.39340.
The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), a member of the ENaC/DEG superfamily, regulates Na and water homeostasis. ENaCs assemble as heterotrimeric channels that harbor protease-sensitive domains critical for gating the channel. Here, we present the structure of human ENaC in the uncleaved state determined by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. The ion channel is composed of a large extracellular domain and a narrow transmembrane domain. The structure reveals that ENaC assembles with a 1:1:1 stoichiometry of α:β:γ subunits arranged in a counter-clockwise manner. The shape of each subunit is reminiscent of a hand with key gating domains of a 'finger' and a 'thumb.' Wedged between these domains is the elusive protease-sensitive inhibitory domain poised to regulate conformational changes of the 'finger' and 'thumb'; thus, the structure provides the first view of the architecture of inhibition of ENaC.
上皮钠离子通道(ENaC)是 ENaC/DEG 超家族的成员,调节钠和水的动态平衡。ENaC 组装为异三聚体通道,其中包含关键的蛋白酶敏感结构域,对于通道的门控至关重要。在这里,我们通过单颗粒冷冻电镜确定了未切割状态下的人 ENaC 的结构。离子通道由一个大的细胞外结构域和一个狭窄的跨膜结构域组成。该结构揭示了 ENaC 以α:β:γ亚基的 1:1:1 比例组装,呈逆时针排列。每个亚基的形状让人联想到一只手,其关键的门控结构域呈“手指”和“拇指”状。这些结构域之间楔入了难以捉摸的蛋白酶敏感抑制结构域,以调节“手指”和“拇指”的构象变化;因此,该结构提供了 ENaC 抑制结构的第一个视图。