Biology:HVCN1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Voltage-gated hydrogen channel 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HVCN1 gene.

Voltage-gated hydrogen channel 1 is a voltage-gated proton channel that has been shown to allow proton transport into phagosomes[1][2] and out of many types of cells including spermatozoa, electrically excitable cells and respiratory epithelial cells.[3] The proton-conducting HVCN1 channel has only transmembrane domains corresponding to the S1-S4 voltage sensing domains (VSD) of voltage-gated potassium channels and voltage-gated sodium channels.[4] Molecular simulation is consistent with a water-filled pore that can function as a "water wire" for allowing hydrogen bonded H+ to cross the membrane.[5][6] However, mutation of Asp112 in human Hv1 results in anion permeation, suggesting that obligatory protonation of Asp produces proton selectivity.[7] Quantum mechanical calculations show that the Asp-Arg interaction can produce proton selective permeation.[8] The HVCN1 protein has been shown to exist as a dimer with two functioning pores.[9][10] Like other VSD channels, HVCN1 channels conduct ions about 1000-fold slower than channels formed by tetrameric S5-S6 central pores.[11]

As a drug target

Small molecule inhibitors of the HVCN1 channel are being developed as chemotherapeutics and anti-inflammatory agents.[12]

References

  1. "Charge compensation during the phagocyte respiratory burst". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1757 (8): 996–1011. August 2006. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.01.005. PMID 16483534. 
  2. "HVCN1 modulates BCR signal strength via regulation of BCR-dependent generation of reactive oxygen species". Nat. Immunol. 11 (3): 265–72. March 2010. doi:10.1038/ni.1843. PMID 20139987. 
  3. "pH regulation and beyond: unanticipated functions for the voltage-gated proton channel, HVCN1". Trends Cell Biol. 21 (1): 20–8. January 2011. doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2010.09.006. PMID 20961760. 
  4. "Functional reconstitution of purified human Hv1 H+ channels". J. Mol. Biol. 387 (5): 1055–60. April 2009. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.034. PMID 19233200. 
  5. "Water wires in atomistic models of the Hv1 proton channel". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1818 (2): 286–93. February 2012. doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.07.045. PMID 21843503. 
  6. "An aqueous H+ permeation pathway in the voltage-gated proton channel Hv1". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 17 (7): 869–75. July 2010. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1826. PMID 20543828. 
  7. Musset, B; Smith, SM; Rajan, S; Morgan, D; Cherny, VV; Decoursey, TE (23 October 2011). "Aspartate 112 is the selectivity filter of the human voltage-gated proton channel.". Nature 480 (7376): 273–7. doi:10.1038/nature10557. PMID 22020278. Bibcode2011Natur.480..273M. 
  8. Dudev, T; Musset, B; Morgan, D; Cherny, VV; Smith, SM; Mazmanian, K; DeCoursey, TE; Lim, C (8 May 2015). "Selectivity Mechanism of the Voltage-gated Proton Channel, HV1.". Scientific Reports 5: 10320. doi:10.1038/srep10320. PMID 25955978. Bibcode2015NatSR...510320D. 
  9. "Strong cooperativity between subunits in voltage-gated proton channels". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 17 (1): 51–6. January 2010. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1739. PMID 20023639. 
  10. "The opening of the two pores of the Hv1 voltage-gated proton channel is tuned by cooperativity". Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 17 (1): 44–50. January 2010. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1738. PMID 20023640. 
  11. DeCoursey TE (November 2008). "Voltage-gated proton channels: what's next?". J. Physiol. 586 (Pt 22): 5305–24. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2008.161703. PMID 18801839. 
  12. "Voltage-sensing domain of voltage-gated proton channel Hv1 shares mechanism of block with pore domains". Neuron 77 (2): 274–87. January 2013. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2012.11.013. PMID 23352164. 

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