(A) Cl– transport of Slc26a9T reconstituted into proteoliposomes, monitored by the fluorescence change of the pH gradient-sensitive fluorophore ACMA. (*) Indicates addition of the H+ ionophore CCCP, …
(A) Sequence alignment of the murine Slc26 paralogs Slc26a2 (NP_031911.1), Slc26a4 (NP_035997.1), Slc26a5 (NP_109652.3), and Slc26a9 (NP_796217.2). Identical residues are highlighted in green, …
(A) Fluorescence-microscopy images of HEK293T cells transfected with different Slc26a9 constructs (From left to right: full-length Slc26a9, the ΔIVSΔCT truncation construct Slc26a9T, the ΔIVS …
(A) I–V relationships for excised inside-out patches from HEK293T cells expressing Slc26a9T-vYFP, under varying NaCl gradients. The perfusate (intracellular) NaCl concentration was varied from 0 to …
(A) Cryo-EM density of Slc26a9T in the detergent GDN at 3.96 Å contoured at 5σ. Density corresponding to distinct subunits in the dimeric protein is colored in blue and red respectively. Residual …
(A) Representative cryo-EM micrograph acquired with Titan Krios microscope. (B) 2D class averages of Slc26a9T. (C) Angular distribution plot of all particles included in the final C2-symmetrized …
(A) Sections of the cryo-EM density (gray, 7σ) superimposed on the refined structure of Slc26a9T. Secondary structure elements are labeled. (B) Stereo view of cryo-EM density (7σ) of the …
(A) Representative cryo-EM micrograph acquired with Tecnai G2 Polara microscope. (B) 2D class averages of Slc26a9T. (C) Angular distribution plot of all particles included in the final …
(A) Cryo-EM density (6σ) of Slc26a9T in lipid nanodiscs at 7.77 Å. Density corresponding to distinct subunits is colored in cyan and salmon respectively. (B) Left, Cα-representation of the refined …
(A) Ribbon representation of the STAS domain dimer and interacting parts of the N-terminus and the TMD. The view is as in Figure 2B. (B) Elements of mutual STAS domain interactions and contacts with …
(A) Depiction of the interaction of residues 5–25 of both subunits with the STAS domain dimer. The N-termini are displayed as ribbon interacting with the STAS domain depicted by its molecular …
(A) Ribbon representation of the STAS domain of a single subunit of Slc26a9T with secondary structure elements labeled. (B) Superposition of the STAS domain of Slc26a9T with the X-ray structures of …
(A) Ribbon representation of the TMD of a single subunit of Slc26a9T viewed from the extracellular side. (B) View of the gate and (C) the core module from within the membrane. Green sphere indicates …
(A) Ribbon representation of the TMD of a single subunit of Slc26a9T viewed from within the membrane. The N-terminal (α1-α7) and C-terminal (α8-α14) halves are colored in green and magenta …
(A) Structural superposition of the TMDs of Slc26a9T (beige and blue) and SLC26Dg (PDBID: 5DA0, cyan). (B) Superposition of the gate domains and (C) core domains of Slc26a9T and SLC26Dg. N-terminal …
(A) View of the intracellular cavity leading to the Cl–-binding site. Section of the molecular surface is shown with contact region of acidic residues colored in red and basic residues in blue. (B) …
(A) Introduction of negative charges at positions of basic residues distal to the putative anion-binding site show negligible effects on the linear I–V relation. Shown are I–V relationships of …
(A) Structure of the Cl– binding site. The molecular surface of the binding pocket is shown. Selected residues are displayed as sticks. Bound Cl– is shown as a green sphere. (B) I-V relationships of …
(A–G) Alanine mutants investigated by inside-out patch-clamp electrophysiology of HEK392T cells expressing Slc26a9T anion binding-site mutations. Binding-site mutations do not alter Cl– selectivity, …
Currents were recorded by inside-out patch-clamp electrophysiology at asymmetric conditions containing 150 mM extracellular Cl– and 150 mM of the indicated anion. (A–G) Top, Bi-ionic I–V …
Data was recorded from excised patches. (A–E) Relative permeabilities (Px/PCl, green) and macroscopic conductivities (Gx/GCl, orange) for (A) Q88A, (B) F92A, (C) T127A, (D) L391A and (E) N441A. …
(A) Molecular surface of Slc26a9T viewed towards the long dimension of the molecule. (B) Sections of the TMD in the inward-facing conformation defined by the Slc26a9T detergent structure (left), an …
The TMDs of selected transporters are shown as representatives for their respective family as ribbon. (A), SLC26 family: Slc26a9, (B), SLC4 family: SLC4A1/Band 3 (PDBID: 4YZF), (C), SLC23 family: …
Putative anion binding region of murine Slc26 paralogs are shown as Cα-trace with selected side-chains in interaction distance with the bound anion displayed as sticks. Numbering corresponds to the …
Schematic depiction of plausible kinetic cycles underlying different transport modes observed in the SLC26 family. States occupied in a channel-like uncoupled bidirectional uniport as observed in …
Shown is the cryo-EM map of the protein in detergent with the refined model of the inward-facing state superimposed.
Shown is the cryo-EM map of the protein in nanodiscs with the modeled structure of the intermediate state superimposed.
Shown are unique features of a mammalian SLC26 transporter. The oligomerization interface is minimal between the transmembrane domains and is predominantly mediated by the swapped STAS domains. The …
Ribbon representation of the transmembrane domain as a morph between the inward-facing and intermediate states. The structure is viewed from the peripheral. Residues 276 to 312 are removed for …
Ribbon representation of the anion binding site with side-chains of interacting residues displayed as sticks. Surface of the binding pocket around a modeled chloride (green sphere) is shown. View is …
Dataset 1 Slc26a9T in detergent (EMD-4997) (PDB 6RTC) | Dataset 2 Slc26a9T in nanodiscs (EMD-4998) (PDB 6RTF) | |
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Data collection and processing | ||
Microscope | FEI Titan Krios | FEI Tecnai G2 Polara |
Camera | Gatan K2 Summit + GIF | Gatan K2 Summit + GIF |
Magnification | 6,511 | 37,313 |
Voltage (kV) | 300 | 300 |
Electron exposure (e–/Å2) | 70 | 60 |
Defocus range (μm) | −0.5 to −3.0 | −0.5 to −3.0 |
Pixel size (Å)* | 1.075 (0.5375) | 1.34 |
Symmetry imposed | C2 | C2 |
Initial particle images (no.) | 416,164 | 711,032 |
Final particle images (no.) | 112,930 | 17,442 |
Map resolution (Å) FSC threshold 0.143 | 3.96 | 7.77 |
Map resolution range (Å) | 3.0–4.2 | 6.0–10.0 |
Refinement | ||
Model resolution (Å) FSC threshold 0.5 | 4.0 | 8.0 |
Model resolution range (Å) | 118–3.96 | |
Map sharpening b-factor (Å2) | −205 | −512 |
Model composition Non-hydrogen atoms Protein residues | 9570 1242 | 9570 1242 |
B factors (Å2) Protein | 73 | 73 |
Refmac FSCavg/Rfactor | 0.851/0.351 | |
R.m.s. deviations Bond lengths (Å) Bond angles (°) | 0.005 0.888 | 0.006 1.195 |
Validation MolProbity score Clashscore Poor rotamers (%) | 1.10 1.19 0 | 1.07 0.78 0 |
Ramachandran plot Favored (%) Allowed (%) Disallowed (%) | 96.10 3.90 0 | 95.28 4.72 0 |
*Values in parentheses indicate the pixel size in super-resolution.
WT* | Q88A | F92A | T127A | F128A | L391A | S392A | N441A | ||
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SCN– | Erev (mV)† Px/PCl Gx/GCl | 50.5 7.5 0.43 | 58.4 10.6 0.55 | 37.8 4.5 0.44 | 59.3 10.7 0.80 | 68.7 14.9 1.46 | 61.5 12.0 1.10 | 71.5 18.0 1.39 | 52.9 8.2 0.57 |
I– | Erev (mV) Px/PCl Gx/GCl | 26.6 2.9 0.23 | 16.3 1.9 0.14 | 14.1 1.8 0.25 | 9.5 1.5 0.17 | 31.0 3.5 0.53 | 23.5 2.6 0.54 | 53.2 8.4 1.31 | 29.1 3.2 0.35 |
Br– | Erev (mV) Px/PCl Gx/GCl | 21.3 2.4 0.60 | 3.7 1.2 0.32 | 5.1 1.2 0.72 | 7.6 1.4 0.40 | 24.6 2.7 1.13 | 16.1 1.9 1.11 | 40.7 5.2 1.78 | 20.0 2.2 0.70 |
NO3– | Erev (mV) Px/PCl Gx/GCl | 9.4 1.5 0.49 | 32.6 3.7 1.20 | 11.2 1.6 0.52 | 29.0 3.2 1.46 | 28.5 3.1 1.04 | 20.7 2.3 0.70 | 39.1 4.8 1.31 | 16.9 2.0 0.77 |
Cl– | Erev (mV) Px/PCl Gx/GCl | −0.1 1 1 | −1.4 1 1 | −1.5 1 1 | −0.5 1 1 | 0 1 1 | −0.7 1 1 | 0.3 1 1 | −0.3 1 1 |
F– | Erev (mV) Px/PCl Gx/GCl | −81.1 .05 nd¶ | −64.2 .08 nd | −81.0 .04 nd | −74.5 .07 nd | −67.6 .07 nd | −81.0 .05 nd | −58.8 0.11 nd | −86.7 0.03 nd |
HCO3– | Erev (mV) Px/PCl Gx/GCl | −81.7 0.05 nd | −54.4 0.12 nd | −69.5 0.07 nd | −84.7 0.04 nd | −47.3 0.16 nd | −93.1 0.03 nd | −57.4 0.10 nd | −76.0 0.05 nd |
SO42– | Erev (mV) Px/PCl Gx/GCl | −96.9 0.01 nd | −102.2 0.01 nd | −78.0 0.01 nd | −104.5 0 nd | −70.5 0.02 nd | −93.6 0.01 nd | −71.2 0.02 nd | −82.4 0.01 nd |
E30mM Cl‡ | −37.7 | −39.3 | −38.5 | −39.8 | −42.1 | −37.9 | −39.0 | −38.3 | |
Km,Cl (mM) § | 29.5 | 2.3 | 19.2 | 4.7 | 18.6 | 44.0 | 54.1 | 31.3 | |
Km,SCN (mM) § | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 29.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | |
VSCN/VCl § | 0.44 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.74 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 0.83 | 0.68 |
*WT refers to non-mutated Slc26a9T.
†Erev values, Px/PCl, and Gx/GCl were derived from bi-ionic data in Figure 1—figure supplement 3B–F, and Figure 7—figure supplement 2.
‡Measured reversal potential, in mV, under a 5-fold NaCl gradient (ECl = –40.2 mV). Extracted from data in Figure 1C and Figure 7—figure supplement 1A–H.
§Km and VSCN/VCl values are derived from conductance–concentration data presented in Figure 1D, Figure 7, and Figure 7—figure supplement 3F–J.
¶nd, not determined.
Reagent type (species) or resource | Designation | Source or reference | Identifier | Additional information |
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Chemical compound, drug | Pro293S-CDM medium | Lonza | Cat#BE02-025Q | |
Chemical compound, drug | HyClone HyCell TransFx-H medium | GE Healthcare | Cat#SH30939.02 | |
Chemical compound, drug | L-glutamine | Millipore Sigma | Cat#G7513 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Penicillin-streptomycin | Millipore Sigma | Cat#P0781 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Fetal bovine serum | Millipore Sigma | Cat#F7524 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Pluronic F-68 | ThermoFisher Scientific | Cat#24040032 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Polyethylenimine 25 K MW, linear | Polysciences | Cat#23966–1 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM) | Millipore Sigma | Cat#D5546 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Valproic acid | Millipore Sigma | Cat#P4543 | |
Chemical compound, drug | cOmplete, EDTA-free Protease Inhibitor Cocktail | Roche | Cat#5056489001 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Digitonin | AppliChem | Cat#A1905 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Glyco-diosgenin | Anatrace | Cat#GDN101 | |
Chemical compound, drug | D-desthiobiotin | Millipore Sigma | Cat#D1411 | |
Chemical compound, drug | n-dodecyl-β-D-maltoside (DDM) | Anatrace | Cat#D310 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Cholesteryl hemisuccinate, tris salt (CHS) | Anatrace | Cat#CH210 | |
Chemical compound, drug | 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE) | Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc | Cat#850757 | |
Chemical compound, drug | 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (POPG) | Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc | Cat#840457 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Diethyl ether | Millipore Sigma | Cat#296082 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Triton X-100 | Millipore Sigma | Cat#T9284 | |
Chemical compound, drug | Biotin | Millipore Sigma | Cat#B4501 | |
Chemical compound, drug | 9-amino-6-chloro-2-methoxyacridine (ACMA) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#A1324 | |
Chemical compound, drug | carbonyl cyanide 3-chloropheny lhydrazone (CCCP) | Merck Millipore | Cat#C2759 | |
Chemical compound, drug | 4,4’-Diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2’-disulfonic acid (DIDS) | Millipore Sigma | Cat#D3514 | |
Commercial assay or kit | QuikChange site-directed mutagenesis kit | Agilent | Cat#200523 | |
Commercial assay or kit | NucleoBond Xtra Maxi kit | Macherey-Nagel | Cat#740416 | |
Commercial assay or kit | StrepTactin Superflow affinity resin slurry | IBA Lifesciences | Cat#2-1206-002 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Superose 6 10/300 GL | GE Healthcare | Cat#17-5172-01 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Zorbax GF-450 | Agilent | Cat#884973–902 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Superose 6 5/150 | GE Healthcare | Cat#29091597 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Pierce Streptavidin Plus UltraLink Resin | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#53117 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Bio-Beads SM-2 | Bio-Rad | Cat# 1523920 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Avestin LiposoFast Liposome Factory Basic | Millipore Sigma | Cat#Z373400 | |
Commercial assay or kit | 400 nm polycarbonate filters for LiposoFast | Millipore Sigma | Cat#Z373435 | |
Commercial assay or kit | 96-well black-walled microplate | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#M33089 | |
Commercial assay or kit | 200 mesh Au 1.2/1.3 cryo-EM grids | Quantifoil | Cat#N1-C14nAu20-01 | |
Commercial assay or kit | Amicon 100 kDa MWCO centrifugal filter | EMD Millipore | Cat#UFC910008 | |
Commercial assay or kit | 0.22 µm Ultrafree-MC Centrifugal Filter | EMD Millipore | Cat#UFC30GV | |
Commercial assay or kit | Borosilicate glass capillary with filament | Sutter Instrument | Cat#BF150-86-10HP | |
Cell line (human) | HEK293S GnTI- | ATCC | CRL-3022 | |
Cell line (human) | HEK-293T | ATCC | CRL-1573 | |
Recombinant DNA | Mus musculus Slc26a9 ORF shuttle clone | Source BioScience | ORFeome# OCACo5052B0115D; GenBank BC160193 | |
Recombinant DNA | pcDNA 3.1 (+)vector, Invitrogen | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat# V79020 | |
Recombinant DNA | Modified pcDNA 3.1 vector with C-terminal 3C protease cleavage site, Venus and Myc tags and streptavidin binding peptide | Raimund Dutzler laboratory | N/A | |
Recombinant DNA | Modified pcDNA 3.1 vector with C-terminal 3C protease cleavage site, Myc tag and streptavidin binding peptide | Raimund Dutzler laboratory | N/A | |
Recombinant DNA | Expression vector encoding membrane scaffold protein (MSP) E3D1, pMSP1E3D1 | Denisov et al., 2007 | Addgene, Cat#20066 | |
Software,algorithm | SerialEM 3.5.0 | Mastronarde, 2005 | http://bio3d.colorado.edu/SerialEM/ | |
Software, algorithm | RELION-3.0 | Scheres, 2012 | https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/relion/ | |
Software, algorithm | CTFFIND4.1 | Rohou and Grigorieff, 2015 | http://grigoriefflab.jan elia.org/ctf | |
Software, algorithm | Bsoft 1.9.5 | Heymann and Belnap, 2007 | https://lsbr.niams.nih.gov/bsoft/ | |
Software, algorithm | Coot 0.8.8 | Emsley and Cowtan, 2004 | https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/person al/pemsley/coot/ | |
Software, algorithm | PHENIX 1.14 | Adams et al., 2002 | http://phenix-online.org/ | |
Software, algorithm | REFMAC5 | Murshudov et al., 2011 | http://www.ccpem.ac.uk/ | |
Software, algorithm | MSMS | Sanner et al., 1996 | http://mgltools.scripps.edu/packages/MSMS/ | |
Software, algorithm | DINO 0.9.4 | http://www.dino3d.org | http://www.dino3d.org | |
Software, algorithm | PyMOL 2.3.0 | DeLano, 2002 | https://pymol.org/2/ | |
Software, algorithm | Chimera 1.13.1 | Pettersen et al., 2004 | http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/ | |
Software, algorithm | ChimeraX 0.7 | Goddard et al., 2018 | https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimerax/ | |
Software, algorithm | CHARMM | Brooks et al., 1983 | https://www.charmm.org/charmm/ | |
Software, algorithm | SWISS-MODEL | Biasini et al., 2014 | https://swissmodel.expasy.org/ | |
Software, algorithm | Axon Clampex 10.6 | Molecular Devices | N/A | |
Software, algorithm | Axon Clampfit 10.6 | Molecular Devices | N/A | |
Software, algorithm | Prism 7 | GraphPad | https://www.graphpad.com/ |