CLC chloride channels and transporters: structure, function, physiology, and disease

TJ Jentsch, M Pusch - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
CLC anion transporters are found in all phyla and form a gene family of eight members in
mammals. Two CLC proteins, each of which completely contains an ion translocation …

ClC channels and transporters: structure, physiological functions, and implications in human chloride channelopathies

DR Poroca, RM Pelis, VM Chappe - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of ClC proteins at the beginning of the 1990s was important for the
development of the Cl-transport research field. ClCs form a large family of proteins that …

Molecular basis of ClC-6 function and its impairment in human disease

B Zhang, S Zhang, MM Polovitskaya, J Yi, B Ye, R Li… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
ClC-6 is a late endosomal voltage-gated chloride-proton exchanger that is predominantly
expressed in the nervous system. Mutated forms of ClC-6 are associated with severe …

Application of fluorescence resonance energy transfer in protein studies

L Ma, F Yang, J Zheng - Journal of molecular structure, 2014 - Elsevier
Since the physical process of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) was
elucidated more than six decades ago, this peculiar fluorescence phenomenon has turned …

Discovery of CLC transport proteins: cloning, structure, function and pathophysiology

TJ Jentsch - The Journal of physiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
After providing a personal description of the convoluted path leading 25 years ago to the
molecular identification of the Torpedo Cl− channel ClC‐0 and the discovery of the CLC …

CLC channel function and dysfunction in health and disease

G Stölting, M Fischer, C Fahlke - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
CLC channels and transporters are expressed in most tissues and fulfill diverse functions.
There are four human CLC channels, ClC-1, ClC-2, ClC-Ka, and ClC-Kb, and five CLC …

ClC-1 chloride channels: state-of-the-art research and future challenges

P Imbrici, C Altamura, M Pessia… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The voltage-dependent ClC-1 chloride channel belongs to the CLC channel/transporter
family. It is a homodimer comprising two individual pores which can operate independently …

High temperature sensitivity is intrinsic to voltage-gated potassium channels

F Yang, J Zheng - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Temperature-sensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are members of the
large tetrameric cation channels superfamily but are considered to be uniquely sensitive to …

Site-directed fluorescence approaches for dynamic structural biology of membrane peptides and proteins

H Raghuraman, S Chatterjee, A Das - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Membrane proteins mediate a number of cellular functions and are associated with several
diseases and also play a crucial role in pathogenicity. Due to their importance in cellular …

Skeletal muscle ClC-1 chloride channels in health and diseases

C Altamura, JF Desaphy, D Conte, A De Luca… - … -European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
In 1970, the study of the pathomechanisms underlying myotonia in muscle fibers isolated
from myotonic goats highlighted the importance of chloride conductance for skeletal muscle …