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The structural, dynamical, and thermodynamic properties of a model potassium channel are studied using molecular dynamics simulations. We use the recently unveiled protein structure for the KcsA potassium channel from Streptomyces lividans. Total and free energy profiles of potassium and sodium ions reveal a considerable preference for the larger potassium ions. The selectivity of the channel arises from its ability to completely solvate the potassium ions, but not the smaller sodium ions. Self-diffusion of water within the narrow selectivity filter is found to be reduced by an order of magnitude from bulk levels, whereas the wider hydrophobic section of the pore maintains near-bulk self-diffusion. Simulations examining multiple ion configurations suggest a two-ion channel. Ion diffusion is found to be reduced to approximately (1)/(3) of bulk diffusion within the selectivity filter. The reduced ion mobility does not hinder the passage of ions, as permeation appears to be driven by Coulomb repulsion within this multiple ion channel. 相似文献
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SCA8 RAN polySer protein preferentially accumulates in white matter regions and is regulated by eIF3F
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Hannah K Shorrock Tao Zu Monica Banez‐Coronel Tammy Reid Hirokazu Furuya H Brent Clark Juan C Troncoso Christopher A Ross SH Subramony Tetsuo Ashizawa Eric T Wang Anthony T Yachnis Laura PW Ranum 《The EMBO journal》2018,37(19)
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8) is caused by a bidirectionally transcribed CTG·CAG expansion that results in the in vivo accumulation of CUG RNA foci, an ATG‐initiated polyGln and a polyAla protein expressed by repeat‐associated non‐ATG (RAN) translation. Although RAN proteins have been reported in a growing number of diseases, the mechanisms and role of RAN translation in disease are poorly understood. We report a novel toxic SCA8 polySer protein which accumulates in white matter (WM) regions as aggregates that increase with age and disease severity. WM regions with polySer aggregates show demyelination and axonal degeneration in SCA8 human and mouse brains. Additionally, knockdown of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF3F in cells reduces steady‐state levels of SCA8 polySer and other RAN proteins. Taken together, these data show polySer and WM abnormalities contribute to SCA8 and identify eIF3F as a novel modulator of RAN protein accumulation. 相似文献