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Review
. 2024:1461:109-125.
doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-4584-5_8.

Temperature Dependent Activity of the Voltage-Gated Proton Channel

Yuichiro Fujiwara  1
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Temperature Dependent Activity of the Voltage-Gated Proton Channel

Yuichiro Fujiwara. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024.

Abstract

Voltage-gated proton channel (Hv) has activity of proton transport following electrochemical gradient of proton. Hv is expressed in neutrophils and macrophages of which functions are physiologically temperature-sensitive. Hv is also expressed in human sperm cells and regulates their locomotion. H+ transport through Hv is both regulated by membrane potential and pH difference across biological membrane. It is also reported that properties of Hv such as proton conductance and gating are highly temperature-dependent. Hv consists of the N-terminal cytoplasmic domain, the voltage sensor domain (VSD), and the C-terminal coiled-coil domain, and H+ permeates through VSD voltage-dependently. The functional unit of Hv is a dimer via the interaction between C-terminal coiled-coils assembly domain. We have reported that the coiled-coil domain of Hv has the nature of dissociation around our bodily temperature and mutational change of the coiled-coil affected temperature-sensitive gating, especially its temperature threshold. The temperature-sensitive gating is assessed from two separate points: temperature threshold and temperature dependence. In this chapter, I describe physiological roles and molecular structure mechanisms of Hv by mainly focusing on thermosensitive properties.

Keywords: Coiled-coil; Phagosomal ion channel; Structure–function relationship; Temperature threshold; Temperature-dependent gating; Voltage sensor; Voltage-gated proton channel; pH sensor.

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