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What do we do? (projects in the Sukharev Lab)
Lecture 2 What do we do? (projects in the Sukharev Lab) Reading for the next classes: Chapter 2 (Chemical foundations)
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c = f ∙l c = 3 ∙108 m/s (in vacuum) l = c/ f = 3 ∙ 10-6 m = 3 mm
What is the wavelength if the frequency of atomic oscillations f = 1014 s-1 c = f ∙l c = 3 ∙108 m/s (in vacuum) l = c/ f = 3 ∙ 10-6 m = 3 mm infrared 470 nm = blue nm = green 600 nm = yellow nm = orange 700 nm = red >800 nm = infrared
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wavenumber = 1/l The stiffer is the bond the higher is frequency and smaller wavelength It also depends on the mass of the atom
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Basic Senses Vision Taste Smell Hearing, Equilibrium and Touch
Temperature sensation
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Mechanical forces in the body
Force detection Faint sound ~10-4 N/m2 Systolic pressure ~104 N/m2 Postural pressure on an intervertebral disk ~105 N/m2 Osmotic pressure (0.1M sugar gradient) = 2.4x105 N/m2 - It can’t be one receptor!!! Force generation Molecular motors? Yes, but what exactly drives the tissue boundary formation and organogenesis in development: how do the feedback loops work?
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These are cartoons of the gating process
These are cartoons of the gating process. There is no structural information about any of the eukaryotic channels. However, such information is available for two prokaryotic channels, MscL and MscS
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Bacterial osmoregulation
Open MS channels (γ = tension) Osmotically balanced medium Low osmolarity medium Prevent lysis H2O πOSM γ Mention Levina 1999. Main finding 85% of the aa pool can be lost on osmotic downshock without compromising viability After Britten & McClure, 1962
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MscS MscL MscK Patch-clamp recording of channels with a glass pipette
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Tb MscL (Chang et al. 1998) Eco MscS (Bass et al., 2002)
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The gating mechanism of MscL (E. coli model)
H.R Guy
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Lipids can be distorted near the edge of the flattened protein (due to the thickness mismatch), but their elastic recoil may help closing the channel.
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Two-State Model A Boltzmann equation for the ratio of open and closed state probabilities, it dictates the dose-response relationship, i.e. fraction of open channels versus tension (gamma).
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Modeled expansion of MscL well corresponds to experimental data
18 nm2 ~41 nm2 DAmodel = 23 nm2 DAexp = 20 nm2 Pore diameter predicted from conductance ~ 2.9 nm
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I32C-N81C I24C-G26C F10C-F10C F7C-F7C L121C-L122C L128C-L129C
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I32C-N81C A20C-L36C I3C-I96C L121C-L122C L128C-L129C
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The Crystal Structure of MscS (286 aa)
from Bass et al., Science, 298(2002)1582
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The kink region in MscS (electron densities)
Bass et al, 2002
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MscS-like channels are found in most organisms with walled cells
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Mutations in the Arabidopsis msl2 and msl3 genes lead to
swelling and improper division of plastids From Haswell and Meyerowitz, 2006
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Cross-section of the transmembrane domain and gate regions of MscS
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MscS constriction is largely dehydrated based on Molecular Dynamics simulations
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Gating by ‘bubble’ implies capillary evaporation in the hydrophobic confinement
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Hydrophilic substitutions favor pore wetting in simulations and strongly influence the speed of transitions in experiments
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Energies and expansion areas from 4-state analysis
C3/O* WT (2-state) DE kT kT DA nm nm2 O4 C2 A98S DE 12.1 kT kT DA 13.7 nm nm2 C1
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Key stages in model development
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Transitions between the functional states reveal distinct conformations of the pore lining TM3 helices Multiple attempts to visualize the transitions between states revealed interesting complexity in the TM3 pore lining helices G113 kink disappeared exactly at 12nm2 and 16A pore. Start with the crystal structure. Non-conducting. Find the open state. Using extrapolated motion expanded the crystal structure. Open state features XX Area and ~1.2 nS conductance from experiments. Andiry noticed as well as other groups that G113 straightens. From the open state use extrapolated motion to close. 60%, more than half of the time G121 kink formed. Some times both partially formed, but rarely did G113 reform. Alternate Kink at G121 Kink at G113
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Double alanine mutant traps the open state
WT G121A G113A G113A/G121A G113A/G121A High helical propensity at both G113 and G121 kinetically traps MscS in the open state Growth curves collected by Naili show toxic phenotypes. Straight TM3 helices are a feature of the open state
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Separation of peripheral helices
Inactivated state is a good starting point because of its smaller ‘footprint’ > explains why it stays open at very high pressures
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F68S mutant is prone to fast and silent inactivation
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