Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Conformational motions and ligand-binding underlying gating and regulation in IP3R channel

  • Guizhen Fan,
  • Mariah R. Baker,
  • Lara E. Terry,
  • Vikas Arige,
  • Muyuan Chen,
  • Alexander B. Seryshev,
  • Matthew L. Baker,
  • Steven J. Ludtke,
  • David I. Yule,
  • Irina I. Serysheva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34574-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Here authors report cryo-EM structures of IP3R1 which provide atomic details of IP3, Ca2+ and ATP binding. Molecular motions of key domains and sidechains were found to regulate ligand binding and gating, which are validated by functional assays.