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spelling Villalba-Galea, Carlos A. Sandtner, Walter Starace, Dorine M. Bezanilla, Francisco 0027-8424 1091-6490 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Multidisciplinary http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0807387105 <jats:p> Voltage sensors containing the charged S4 membrane segment display a gating charge vs. voltage ( <jats:italic>Q–V</jats:italic> ) curve that depends on the initial voltage. The voltage-dependent phosphatase (Ci-VSP), which does not have a conducting pore, shows the same phenomenon and the <jats:italic>Q–V</jats:italic> recorded with a depolarized initial voltage is more stable by at least 3 <jats:italic>RT</jats:italic> . The leftward shift of the <jats:italic>Q–V</jats:italic> curve under prolonged depolarization was studied in the Ci-VSP by using electrophysiological and site-directed fluorescence measurements. The fluorescence shows two components: one that traces the time course of the charge movement between the resting and active states and a slower component that traces the transition between the active state and a more stable state we call the relaxed state. Temperature dependence shows a large negative enthalpic change when going from the active to the relaxed state that is almost compensated by a large negative entropic change. The <jats:italic>Q–V</jats:italic> curve midpoint measured for pulses that move the sensor between the resting and active states, but not long enough to evolve into the relaxed states, show a periodicity of 120°, indicating a 3 <jats:sub>10</jats:sub> secondary structure of the S4 segment when determined under histidine scanning. We hypothesize that the S4 segment moves as a 3 <jats:sub>10</jats:sub> helix between the resting and active states and that it converts to an α-helix when evolving into the relaxed state, which is most likely to be the state captured in the crystal structures. </jats:p> S4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
spellingShingle Villalba-Galea, Carlos A., Sandtner, Walter, Starace, Dorine M., Bezanilla, Francisco, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, S4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations, Multidisciplinary
title S4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations
title_full S4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations
title_fullStr S4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations
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title_short S4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations
title_sort s4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations
title_unstemmed S4-based voltage sensors have three major conformations
topic Multidisciplinary
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