Abstract:
:Voltage-gated ion channels (VGCs) mediate selective diffusion of ions across cell membranes to enable many vital cellular processes. Three-dimensional structure data are lacking for VGC proteins; hence, to better understand their function, there is a need to identify the conserved motifs using sequence analysis methods. In this study, we have used a profile-to-profile alignment method to identify several new conserved motifs specific to each transmembrane segment (TMS) of the voltage-sensing and the pore-forming modules of Ca2+, Na+, and K+ channel subfamilies. For Ca2+ and Na+, the functional theme of motif conservation is similar in all segments while they differ with those of the K+ channel proteins. Nevertheless, the conservation is strikingly similar in the S4 segment of the voltage-sensing module across all subfamilies. In each subfamily and for each TMS, we have identified conserved motifs/residues and correlated their functional significance and disease associations in human, using mutational data from the literature.
journal_name
Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Guda P,Bourne PE,Guda Cdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.190subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-01-12 00:00:00pages
292-8issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(06)02450-8journal_volume
352pub_type
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