6BPZ: Mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1

Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1. Determined by electron microscopy at 3.8 Å resolution. Released 27 Dec 2017.

Method
Electron microscopy
Resolution
3.8 Å
Organism
Mus musculus
Chains
3
Atoms
21,453
Mol. weight
485.92 kDa
Released
27 Dec 2017

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

6BPZ contains 141 α-helices and 42 β-strands across 3 chains. Residue ranges use author residue numbering, as in the PDB file, from PDBe. To see them in 3D, choose the Cartoon representation with Secondary structure coloring: helices, sheets and coils get different colors.

Chains A, B and C: 47 helices, 14 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix1151-11588
α-helix1161-117212
α-helix1179-119214
α-helix1195-11984
α-helix1203-123129
α-helix1281-129717
α-helix1300-13056
α-helix1308-13147
α-helix1316-136348
α-helix1412-14143
α-helix1502-15109
α-helix1514-15185
α-helix1604-161815
α-helix1620-163920
α-helix1662-16665
α-helix1673-168513
α-helix1688-170215
α-helix1709-17135
α-helix1714-17185
α-helix1727-174620
α-helix1783-180220
α-helix1958-19603
α-helix1962-19665
α-helix1977-199418
α-helix2018-203922
α-helix2044-206219
α-helix2076-209924
α-helix2116-212611
α-helix2133-21419
α-helix2149-217426
α-helix2185-21873
α-helix2188-21925
α-helix2193-221018
β-strand2223-2232101
α-helix2236-22372
β-strand2239-224351
β-strand2248-225032
α-helix2251-22522
α-helix2253-226210
α-helix2267-22737
α-helix2278-22803
β-strand2281-228772
β-strand228913
α-helix2298-231013
β-strand2315-2325111
α-helix2327-23293
β-strand2335-2344101
α-helix2349-23568
α-helix2357-23593
β-strand2366-237273
β-strand2375-237842
β-strand238311
β-strand238612
β-strand2399-2409113
β-strand2426-243493
β-strand2443-245082
α-helix2451-24533
α-helix2467-248418
α-helix2501-251515
α-helix2522-253211
α-helix2536-25427

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1,Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel…A, B, Cprotein1423Mus musculusE2JF22 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A, B, C), FASTA
>6BPZ_1 Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1,Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1,mouse Piezo1,Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1,Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1 (chains A, B, C)
PNPIPNFIHCRSYLDMLKVAVFRYLFWLVLVVVFVAGATRISIFGLGYLLACFYLLLFGT
TLLQKDTRAQLVLWDCLILYNVTVIISKNMLSLLSCVFVEQMQSNFCWVIQLFSLVCTVK
GYYDPKEMMTRDRDCLLPVEEAGIIWDSICFFFLLLQRRIFLSHYFLHVSADLKATALQA
SRGFALYNAANLKSINFHRQIEEKSLAQLKRQMKRIRAKQEKYRQSQASRGQLQSKDPQD
PSQEPGPDSPGGSSPPRRQWWRPWLDHATVIHSGDYFLFESDSEEEEEALPEDPRPAAQS
AFQMAYQAWVTNAQTVLRQRRERARQERAEQLASGGDLNPDVEPVDVPEDEMAGRSHMMQ
RVLSTMQFLWVLGQATVDGLTRWLRAFTKHHRTMSDVLCAERYLLTQELLRVGEVRRGVL
DQLYVGEDEATLSGPVETRDGPSTASSGLGAEEPLSSMTDDXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXPELEEAERFEAQQGRTLRLL
RAGYQCVAAHSELLCYFIIILNHMVTASAASLVLPVLVFLWAMLTIPRPSKRFWMTAIVF
TEVMVVTKYLFQFGFFPWNSYVVLRRYENKPYFPPRILGLEKTDSYIKYDLVQLMALFFH
RSQLLCYGLWDHEEDRYPKDHCRSSVKDREAKEEPEAKLESQSETGTGHPKEPVLAGTPR
DHIQGKGSIRSKDVIQDPPEDLKPRHTRHISIRFRRRKETPGPKGTAVMETEHEEGEGKE
TTERKRPRHTQEKSKFRERMKAAGRRLQSFCVSLAQSFYQPLQRFFHDILHTKYRAATDV
YALMFLADIVDIIIIIFGFWAFGKHSAATDIASSLSDDQVPQAFLFMLLVQFGTMVIDRA
LYLRKTVLGKLAFQVVLVVAIHIWMFFILPAVTERMFSQNAVAQLWYFVKCIYFALSAYQ
IRCGYPTRILGNFLTKKYNHLNLFLFQGFRLVPFLVELRAVMDWVWTDTTLSLSNWMCVE
DIYANIFIIKCSRETEKKYPQPKGQKKKKIVKYGMGGLIILFLIAIIWFPLLFMSLIRSV
VGVVNQPIDVTVTLKLGGYEPLFTMSAQQPSIVPFTPQAYEELSQQFDPYPLAMQFISQY
SPEDIVTAQIEGSSGALWRISPPSRAQMKQELYNGTADITLRFTWNFQRDLAKGGTVEYT
NEKHTLELAPNSTARRQLAQLLEGRPDQSVVIPHLFPKYIRAPNGPEANPVKQLQPDEEE
DYLGVRIQLRREQVGTGASGEQAGTKASDFLEWWVIELQDCKADCNLLPMVIFSDKVSPP
SLGFLAGYGIVGLYVSIVLVVGKFVRGFFSEISHSIMFEELPCVDRILKLCQDIFLVRET
RELELEEELYAKLIFLYRSPETMIKWTREREKKLGAPLEVLFQ

Primary citation

Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1. Saotome, K., Murthy, S.E., Kefauver, J.M. et al. Nature (2018) 554:481-486. DOI 10.1038/nature25453 · PubMed

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