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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3575195 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20120101
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) family proteins associate with transient receptor potential (TRP) channel family proteins to form functionally important complexes. PKD proteins differ from known ion channel-forming proteins and are generally thought to act as membrane receptors. Here we find that PKD1L3, a PKD protein, functions as a channel-forming subunit in an acid-sensing heteromeric complex formed by PKD1L3 and TRPP3, a TRP channel protein. Single amino-acid mutations in the putative pore r ...[more]