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Published online Nov 28 2005. doi:10.1085/jgp.200509417
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JGP, Volume 126, Number 6, 563-570
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 Separate Ion Pathways in a Cl–/H+ Exchanger

Alessio Accardi, Michael Walden, Wang Nguitragool, Hariharan Jayaram, Carole Williams, and Christopher Miller

Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454

Correspondence to Christopher Miller: cmiller{at}brandeis.edu

CLC-ec1 is a prokaryotic CLC-type Cl–/H+ exchange transporter. Little is known about the mechanism of H+ coupling to Cl–. A critical glutamate residue, E148, was previously shown to be required for Cl–/H+ exchange by mediating proton transfer between the protein and the extracellular solution. To test whether an analogous H+ acceptor exists near the intracellular side of the protein, we performed a mutagenesis scan of inward-facing carboxyl-bearing residues and identified E203 as the unique residue whose neutralization abolishes H+ coupling to Cl– transport. Glutamate at this position is strictly conserved in all known CLCs of the transporter subclass, while valine is always found here in CLC channels. The x-ray crystal structure of the E203Q mutant is similar to that of the wild-type protein. Cl– transport rate in E203Q is inhibited at neutral pH, and the double mutant, E148A/E203Q, shows maximal Cl– transport, independent of pH, as does the single mutant E148A. The results argue that substrate exchange by CLC-ec1 involves two separate but partially overlapping permeation pathways, one for Cl– and one for H+. These pathways are congruent from the protein's extracellular surface to E148, and they diverge beyond this point toward the intracellular side. This picture demands a transport mechanism fundamentally different from familiar alternating-access schemes.


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