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SUBMITTER: Hamada K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5422816 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hamada Kozo K Miyatake Hideyuki H Terauchi Akiko A Mikoshiba Katsuhiko K
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170417 18
The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP<sub>3</sub>) receptor (IP<sub>3</sub>R) is an IP<sub>3</sub>-gated ion channel that releases calcium ions (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) from the endoplasmic reticulum. The IP<sub>3</sub>-binding sites in the large cytosolic domain are distant from the Ca<sup>2+</sup> conducting pore, and the allosteric mechanism of how IP<sub>3</sub> opens the Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel remains elusive. Here, we identify a long-range gating mechanism uncovered by channel mutagenesis and X-r ...[more]