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SUBMITTER: Jaiganesh A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375707 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Structure (London, England : 1993) 20180719 9
Cadherin-23 (CDH23) is an essential component of hair-cell tip links, fine filaments that mediate inner-ear mechanotransduction. The extracellular domain of CDH23 forms about three-fourths of the tip link with 27 extracellular cadherin (EC) repeats that are structurally similar but not identical to each other. Calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) coordination at the EC linker regions is key for tip-link elasticity and function. There are ∼116 sites in CDH23 affected by deafness-causing mutations, many of w ...[more]