Structure-Function Analysis of the Ion Channel Selectivity Filter in Human Annexin V

Abstract

Electrophysiology and structural studies were performed on an annexin V variant containing a mutation of glutamic acid-95 to serine in the center of the pore region. The mutation resulted in a lower single channel conductance for calcium and a strongly increased conductance for sodium and potassium, indicating that glutamic acid-95 is a crucial constituent of the ion selectivity filter. There were only minor differences in the crystal structures of mutant and wild-type annexin V around the mutation site; however, the mutant showed structural differences elsewhere, including the presence of a calcium binding site in domain III unrelated to the mutation. Analysis of the membrane-bound form of annexin V by electron microscopy revealed no differences between the wild type and mutant.