Cryo-EM structure supports a role of AQP7 as a junction protein

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  • Peng Huang
  • Raminta Venskutonytė
  • Rashmi B Prasad
  • Hamidreza Ardalani
  • Sofia W de Maré
  • Xiao Fan
  • Ping Li
  • Peter Spégel
  • Nieng Yan
  • Gourdon, Pontus Emanuel
  • Isabella Artner
  • Karin Lindkvist-Petersson

Aquaglyceroporin 7 (AQP7) facilitates glycerol flux across the plasma membrane with a critical physiological role linked to metabolism, obesity, and associated diseases. Here, we present the single-particle cryo-EM structure of AQP7 determined at 2.55 Å resolution adopting two adhering tetramers, stabilized by extracellularly exposed loops, in a configuration like that of the well-characterized interaction of AQP0 tetramers. The central pore, in-between the four monomers, displays well-defined densities restricted by two leucine filters. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) results show that the AQP7 sample contains glycerol 3-phosphate (Gro3P), which is compatible with the identified features in the central pore. AQP7 is shown to be highly expressed in human pancreatic α- and β- cells suggesting that the identified AQP7 octamer assembly, in addition to its function as glycerol channel, may serve as junction proteins within the endocrine pancreas.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer600
TidsskriftNature Communications
Vol/bind14
Udgave nummer1
Antal sider12
ISSN2041-1723
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023
Eksternt udgivetJa

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