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Mutation of a single residue promotes gating of vertebrate and invertebrate two-pore domain potassium channels

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Mutations that modulate the activity of ion channels are essential tools to understand the biophysical determinants that control their gating. Here, we reveal the conserved role played by a single amino acid position (TM2.6) located in the second transmembrane domain of two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channels. Mutations of TM2.6 to aspartate or asparagine increase channel activity for all vertebrate K2P channels. Using two-electrode voltage-clamp and single-channel recording techniques, we find that mutation of TM2.6 promotes channel gating via the selectivity filter gate and increases single channel open probability. Furthermore , channel gating can be progressively tuned by using different amino acid substitutions. Finally, we show that the role of TM2.6 was conserved during evolution by rationally designing gain-of-function mutations in four Caenorhabditis elegans K2P channels using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. This study thus describes a simple and powerful strategy to systematically manipulate the activity of an entire family of potassium channels.
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hal-02332785 , version 1 (28-10-2019)

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Ismail Ben Soussia, Sonia El Mouridi, Dawon Kang, Alice Leclercq-Blondel, Lamyaa Khoubza, et al.. Mutation of a single residue promotes gating of vertebrate and invertebrate two-pore domain potassium channels. Nature Communications, 2019, 10 (1), pp.787. ⟨10.1038/s41467-019-08710-3⟩. ⟨hal-02332785⟩
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