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SUBMITTER: Mori Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5713176 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mori Yasuo Y Takahashi Nobuaki N Kurokawa Tatsuki T Kiyonaka Shigeki S
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences 20170101 7
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) proteins form cation channels characterized by a wide variety of activation triggers. Here, we overview a group of TRP channels that respond to reactive redox species to transduce physiological signals, with a focus on TRPA1 and its role in oxygen physiology. Our systematic evaluation of oxidation sensitivity using cysteine-selective reactive disulphides with different redox potentials reveals that TRPA1 has the highest sensitivity to oxidants/electrophiles amo ...[more]