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. 2017 Oct 24;6:e31054. doi: 10.7554/eLife.31054

Figure 6. The GBC binding site in SUR1.

(A) Ribbon diagram of SUR1 showing location of GBC, which is primarily coordinated by the inner helices of TMD1 (purple) and TMD2 (cyan). (B) Slice view of model in (A) viewed from the extracellular side. Note juxtaposition of L0 to helices in ABC core directly interacting with GBC. (C) Close-up of GBC binding pocket, showing all residues which immediately line the pocket and seem to form direct contact with GBC; a subset of these residues were mutated to test their role in GBC binding (Figure 7). (D) Magnified view in (B), highlighting indirect roles of Y230 and W232 (L0) in GBC binding. These both likely stabilize interactions between residues on helix 16 of TMD2 and GBC, at the same time anchoring this helix of L0 to the ABC core structure.

Figure 6.

Figure 6—figure supplement 1. GBC binding site.

Figure 6—figure supplement 1.

(A) Cryo-EM density of GBC, contoured to 3σ. (B, C, D, E) Cryo-EM density of residues near GBC, contoured to 3.5σ. (F) Close-up surface representation view of the GBC binding pocket. The basic portion comprises N1245, R1246, and R1300, while the acid end is formed by S1238 and D1193.