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SUBMITTER: Huynh KW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4820614 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20160329
Transient receptor potential (TRP) proteins form a superfamily Ca(2+)-permeable cation channels regulated by a range of chemical and physical stimuli. Structural analysis of a 'minimal' TRP vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) elucidated a mechanism of channel activation by agonists through changes in its outer pore region. Though homologous to TRPV1, other TRPV channels (TRPV2-6) are insensitive to TRPV1 activators including heat and vanilloids. To further understand the structural basis of TRPV channel ...[more]