Voltage-and calcium-dependent gating of TMEM16A/Ano1 chloride channels are physically coupled by the first intracellular loop

Q Xiao, K Yu, P Perez-Cornejo, Y Cui… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Ca2+-activated Cl− channels (CaCCs) are exceptionally well adapted to subserve diverse
physiological roles, from epithelial fluid transport to sensory transduction, because their …

Purified TMEM16A is sufficient to form Ca2+-activated Cl channels

H Terashima, A Picollo… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Ca2+-activated Cl− channels (CaCCs) are key regulators of numerous physiological
functions, ranging from electrolyte secretion in airway epithelia to cellular excitability in …

Activation of Ca2+‐activated Cl channel ANO1 by localized Ca2+ signals

X Jin, S Shah, X Du, H Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ca2+‐activated chloride channels (CaCCs) regulate numerous physiological
processes including epithelial transport, smooth muscle contraction and sensory processing …

Activation of the Ano1 (TMEM16A) chloride channel by calcium is not mediated by calmodulin

K Yu, J Zhu, Z Qu, YY Cui, HC Hartzell - Journal of General Physiology, 2014 - rupress.org
The Ca2+-activated Cl channel anoctamin-1 (Ano1; Tmem16A) plays a variety of
physiological roles, including epithelial fluid secretion. Ano1 is activated by increases in …

The sixth transmembrane segment is a major gating component of the TMEM16A calcium-activated chloride channel

CJ Peters, JM Gilchrist, J Tien, NP Bethel, L Qi, T Chen… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCCs) formed by TMEM16A or TMEM16B are
broadly expressed in the nervous system, smooth muscles, exocrine glands, and other …

TMEM16A confers receptor-activated calcium-dependent chloride conductance

YD Yang, H Cho, JY Koo, MH Tak, Y Cho, WS Shim… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Calcium (Ca2+)-activated chloride channels are fundamental mediators in
numerous physiological processes including transepithelial secretion, cardiac and neuronal …

A comprehensive search for calcium binding sites critical for TMEM16A calcium-activated chloride channel activity

J Tien, CJ Peters, XM Wong, T Cheng, YN Jan, LY Jan… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
TMEM16A forms calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCCs) that regulate physiological
processes such as the secretions of airway epithelia and exocrine glands, the contraction of …

Gating the pore of the calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A

AKM Lam, J Rheinberger, C Paulino… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
The binding of cytoplasmic Ca2+ to the anion-selective channel TMEM16A triggers a
conformational change around its binding site that is coupled to the release of a gate at the …

Calcium-dependent electrostatic control of anion access to the pore of the calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A

AKM Lam, R Dutzler - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
TMEM16A is a ligand-gated anion channel that is activated by intracellular Ca2+. This
channel comprises two independent pores and closely apposed Ca2+ binding sites that are …

Activation and inhibition of TMEM16A calcium-activated chloride channels

YL Ni, AS Kuan, TY Chen - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Calcium-activated chloride channels (CaCC) encoded by family members of
transmembrane proteins of unknown function 16 (TMEM16) have recently been intensely …