Calcium signaling mechanisms across kingdoms

S Luan, C Wang - Annual Review of Cell and Developmental …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Calcium (Ca2+) is a unique mineral that serves as both a nutrient and a signal in all
eukaryotes. To maintain Ca2+ homeostasis for both nutrition and signaling purposes, the …

Cross kingdom immunity: the role of immune receptors and downstream signaling in animal and plant cell death

T Roudaire, MC Héloir, D Wendehenne… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Both plants and animals are endowed with sophisticated innate immune systems to combat
microbial attack. In these multicellular eukaryotes, innate immunity implies the presence of …

The structural basis of divalent cation block in a tetrameric prokaryotic sodium channel

K Irie, Y Oda, T Sumikama, A Oshima… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Divalent cation block is observed in various tetrameric ion channels. For blocking, a divalent
cation is thought to bind in the ion pathway of the channel, but such block has not yet been …

Calcium Signaling during Cortical Apical Dendrite Initiation: A Role for Cajal-Retzius Neurons

JR Enck, EC Olson - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The apical dendrite of a cortical projection neuron (CPN) is generated from the leading
process of the migrating neuron as the neuron completes migration. This transformation …

Voltage-Gated Proton Channels in the Tree of Life

G Chaves, C Jardin, C Derst, B Musset - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
With a single gene encoding HV1 channel, proton channel diversity is particularly low in
mammals compared to other members of the superfamily of voltage-gated ion channels …

Advances in L-type calcium channel structures, functions and molecular modeling

L Xu, L Sun, L Xie, S Mou, D Zhang… - Current Medicinal …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
L-type Calcium Channels (LTCCs), also termed as Cav1, belong to voltage-gated calcium
channels (VGCCs/Cavs), which play a critical role in a wide spectrum of physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of L-type calcium channels in Alzheimer's disease: A potential therapeutic target

CA Crossley, V Rajani, Q Yuan - Computational and Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Calcium plays a fundamental role in various signaling pathways and cellular processes in
the human organism. In the nervous system, voltage-gated calcium channels such as L-type …

Effects of land reclamation on soil bacterial community and potential functions in Bauxite mining area

X Li, Z Jin, L Xiong, L Tong, H Zhu, X Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studying the characteristics of microorganisms in mine reclamation sites can provide a
scientific reference basis for mine land reclamation. Soils in the plough layer (0–20 cm) of …

Toward bacterial bioelectric signal transduction

JM Jones, JW Larkin - Bioelectricity, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Bacteria are electrically powered organisms; cells maintain an electrical potential across
their plasma membrane as a source of free energy to drive essential processes. In recent …

Editors' Roundup: June 2022

K Nagayama, T Patel, H Nakamura, L Berliner… - Biophysical Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Abstract This Commentary describes the June 2022 installment of the “Editors' Roundup”
feature. The Editors' Roundup is a multi-author collective description of recently published …