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SUBMITTER: Atsunori Oshima
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-10758 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kuzuya Maki M Hirano Hidemi H Hayashida Kenichi K Watanabe Masakatsu M Kobayashi Kazumi K Terada Tohru T Mahmood Md Iqbal MI Tama Florence F Tani Kazutoshi K Fujiyoshi Yoshinori Y Oshima Atsunori A
Science signaling 20220208 720
Pannexin (PANX) family proteins form large-pore channels that mediate purinergic signaling. We analyzed the cryo-EM structures of human PANX1 in lipid nanodiscs to elucidate the gating mechanism and its regulation by the amino terminus in phospholipids. The wild-type channel has an amino-terminal funnel in the pore, but in the presence of the inhibitor probenecid, a cytoplasmically oriented amino terminus and phospholipids obstruct the pore. Functional analysis using whole-cell patch-clamp and o ...[more]