Publication
Title
Global structural changes of an ion channel during its gating are followed by ion mobility mass spectrometry
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Abstract
Mechanosensitive ion channels are sensors probing membrane tension in all species; despite their importance and vital role in many cell functions, their gating mechanism remains to be elucidated. Here, we determined the conditions for releasing intact mechanosensitive channel of large conductance (MscL) proteins from their detergents in the gas phase using native ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS). By using IM-MS, we could detect the native mass of MscL from Escherichia coli, determine various global structural changes during its gating by measuring the rotationally averaged collision cross-sections, and show that it can function in the absence of a lipid bilayer. We could detect global conformational changes during MscL gating as small as 3%. Our findings will allow studying native structure of many other membrane proteins.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - Washington, D.C.
AMERICA
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2014
ISSN
0027-8424 [Print]
1091-6490 [Online]
DOI
10.1073/PNAS.1413118111
Volume/pages
111 :48 (2014) , p. 17170-17175
ISI
000345920800050
Pubmed ID
25404294
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Developoing new tools for (un)structural biology by ion mobility-mass spectrometry and related methods..
4D Protein Structure.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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