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Structure of a Pancreatic ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel

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Li, Ningning, Wu, Jing-Xiang, Ding, Dian, Cheng, Jiaxuan, Gao, Ning, Chen, Lei·2017·Cell

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ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K ATP) couple intracellular ATP levels with membrane excitability. These channels play crucial roles in many essential physiological processes and have been implicated extensively in a spectrum of metabolic diseases and disorders. To gain insight into the mechanism of K ATP, we elucidated the structure of a hetero-octameric pancreatic K ATP channel in complex with a non-competitive inhibitor glibenclamide by single-particle cryoelectron microscopy to 5.6-Å resolution. The structure shows that four SUR1 regulatory subunits locate peripherally and dock onto the central Kir6.2 channel tetramer through the SUR1 TMD0-L0 fragment. Glibenclamide-bound SUR1 uses TMD0-L0 fragment to stabilize Kir6.2 channel in a closed conformation. In another structural population, a putative co-purified phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP 2) molecule uncouples Kir6.2 from glibenclamide-bound SUR1. These structural observations suggest a molecular mechanism for K ATP regulation by anti-diabetic sulfonylurea drugs, intracellular adenosine nucleotide concentrations, and PIP 2 lipid.

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  • The putative ATP-binding site of Kir6.2 sits at the interface between the N-terminus of one subunit and the C-terminus of the other, with the β-phosphate of ATP interacting with residue K185.

    “It sits at the interface between the N-terminus of one subunit and the C-terminus of the other, with the β-phosphate of ATP interacting with residue K185.”

    From Pancreatic β-Cell Electrical Activity and Insulin Secretion: Of Mice and Men (2018) · cites this paper as [393]

    The Results and Discussion (page not provided) place K185 in a positively charged patch beside a cavity that could accommodate ATP and suggest that the patch may interact with ATP phosphate groups. The paper does not specify a β-phosphate–K185 interaction or locate the site at the stated interface between two Kir6.2 subunits; it also says ATP was not added to the sample. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • The KATP channel complex has SUR1 subunits arranged around a central tetrameric Kir6.2 pore.

    “The structure of the KATP channel complex reveals the SUR1 subunits are arranged around a central tetrameric Kir6.2 pore (393, 432, 450) (Figure 7B,C).”

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Authors
Li, N., Wu, J.-X., Ding, D., Cheng, J., Gao, N., & Chen, L.
Affiliations
  • Peking University (CN)
  • Tsinghua University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Gao, Ning
  • Chen, Lei
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-01
Volume
168
Issue
1-2
Pages
101-110.e10
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2575684964
Cited by
252
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 29
FWCI
13.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFA0502004, 2016YFA0500700, 2013CB910404)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (31622021, 31521062, 31422016, 31470722, 31630087)
  • Young Thousand Talents Program of China
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
Keywords
ATP-sensitive potassium channels, Kir6.2, SUR1, glibenclamide, sulfonylurea drugs, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, channel gating, adenosine nucleotides
MeSH terms
Kcnj11 Channel, Animals, Humans, Hydrolases, Mammals, Mesocricetus, Models, Molecular, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying, Mice, KATP Channels, Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C, Sulfonylurea Receptors

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