Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Center for Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Washington University in. St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
J Gen Physiol. 2023 Feb 6;155(2). doi: 10.1085/jgp.202213144. Epub 2022 Dec 16.
Inwardly rectifier potassium (Kir) channels are a major potassium channel sub-class whose function is regulated by ligand-dependent gating and highly voltage-dependent block by polyamines. With molecular dynamics simulations over previously unattainable timescales, Jogini et al. (J. Gen. Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202213085) provide unprecedented visualization of K+ conduction through open Kir2.2 channels and of the molecular details of channel block by spermine.
内向整流钾 (Kir) 通道是主要的钾通道亚类之一,其功能受配体依赖性门控和多胺的高度电压依赖性阻断调节。通过以前无法达到的时间尺度的分子动力学模拟,Jogini 等人(J. Gen. Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202213085)提供了前所未有的可视化,展示了通过开放的 Kir2.2 通道的 K+传导以及 spermine 对通道阻断的分子细节。