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Crosstalk between regulatory elements in disordered TRPV4 N-terminus modulates lipid-dependent channel activity
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Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are essential for membrane receptor regulation but often remain unresolved in structural studies. TRPV4, a member of the TRP vanilloid channel family involved in thermo- and osmosensation, has a large N-terminal IDR of approximately 150 amino acids. With an integrated structural biology approach, we analyze the structural ensemble of the TRPV4 IDR and the network of antagonistic regulatory elements it encodes. These modulate channel activity in a hierarchical lipid-dependent manner through transient long-range interactions. A highly conserved autoinhibitory patch acts as a master regulator by competing with PIP 2 binding to attenuate channel activity. Molecular dynamics simulations show that loss of the interaction between the PIP 2 -binding site and the membrane reduces the force exerted by the IDR on the structured core of TRPV4. This work demonstrates that IDR structural dynamics are coupled to TRPV4 activity and highlights the importance of IDRs for TRP channel function and regulation.
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- Goretzki, B., Wiedemann, C., McCray, B. A., Schäfer, S. L., Jansen, J., Tebbe, F., Mitrovic, S.-A., Nöth, J., Cabezudo, A. C., Donohue, J. K., Jeffries, C. M., Steinchen, W., Stengel, F., Sumner, C. J., Hummer, G., & Hellmich, U. A.
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- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Konstanz (DE)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (DE)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (DE)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
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- Hellmich, Ute A.
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- 2023-07-13
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- 4165-4165
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- Muscular Dystrophy Association (629305)
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC 2051—, STE 2517/5-1, 390713860, 450648163, 324652314)
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- National Institutes of Health
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (SAXS-1106)
- European Regional Development Fund
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K08NS102509, NS102509, R35NS122306)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Ion Channels and Receptors
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
- Keywords
- TRPV4, intrinsically disordered regions, PIP2 binding, long-range interactions, structural ensembles, molecular dynamics simulation, channel deactivation
- MeSH terms
- Protein Domains, Cell Physiological Phenomena, Lipids, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, TRPV Cation Channels
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