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SUBMITTER: Mittal R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4878533 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mittal Rahul R Grati M'hamed M Sedlacek Miloslav M Yuan Fenghua F Chang Qing Q Yan Denise D Lin Xi X Kachar Bechara B Farooq Amjad A Chapagain Prem P Zhang Yanbin Y Liu Xue Z XZ
Frontiers in physiology 20160524
P2X purinergic receptors are plasma membrane ATP-dependent cation channels that are broadly distributed in the mammalian tissues. P2RX2 is a modulator of auditory sensory hair cell mechanotransduction and plays an important role in hair cell tolerance to noise. In this study, we demonstrate for the first time in vitro and in cochlear neuroepithelium, that P2RX2 possesses the ATPase activity. We observed that the P2RX2 V60L human deafness mutation alters its ability to bind ATP, while the G353R h ...[more]