Mechanisms Underlying Proton Release in CLC-type F-/H+ Antiporters.
J Phys Chem Lett
; 12(18): 4415-4420, 2021 May 13.
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The CLC family of anion channels and transporters includes Cl-/H+ exchangers (blocked by F-) and F-/H+ exchangers (or CLCFs). CLCFs contain a glutamate (E318) in the central anion-binding site that is absent in CLC Cl-/H+ exchangers. The X-ray structure of the protein from Enterococcus casseliflavus (CLCF-eca) shows that E318 tightly binds to F- when the gating glutamate (E118; highly conserved in the CLC family) faces the extracellular medium. Here, we use classical and DFT-based QM/MM metadynamics simulations to investigate proton transfer and release by CLCF-eca. After up to down movement of protonated E118, both glutamates combine with F- to form a triad, from which protons and F- anions are released as HF. Our results illustrate how glutamate insertion into the central anion-binding site of CLCF-eca permits the release of H+ to the cytosol as HF, thus enabling a net 11 F-/H+ stoichiometry.
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