Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels

A Samanta, TET Hughes… - … complexes: Structure and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels are evolutionarily conserved integral
membrane proteins. The mammalian TRP superfamily of ion channels consists of 28 cation …

Mechanosensitive ion channels: structural features relevant to mechanotransduction mechanisms

P Jin, LY Jan, YN Jan - Annual review of neuroscience, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Activation of mechanosensitive ion channels underlies a variety of fundamental
physiological processes that require sensation of mechanical force. Different …

Atomic structure of the open SARS-CoV-2 E viroporin

J Medeiros-Silva, AJ Dregni, NH Somberg, P Duan… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The envelope (E) protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus forms cation-conducting channels in the
endoplasmic reticulum Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) of infected cells. The …

[HTML][HTML] Understand spiciness: mechanism of TRPV1 channel activation by capsaicin

F Yang, J Zheng - Protein & cell, 2017 - Springer
Capsaicin in chili peppers bestows the sensation of spiciness. Since the discovery of its
receptor, transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) ion channel, how capsaicin …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular physiology of TRPV channels: controversies and future challenges

T Rosenbaum, LD Islas - Annual Review of Physiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The ability to detect stimuli from the environment plays a pivotal role in our survival. The
molecules that allow the detection of such signals include ion channels, which are proteins …

[HTML][HTML] A structural overview of the ion channels of the TRPM family

Y Huang, R Fliegert, AH Guse, W Lü, J Du - Cell Calcium, 2020 - Elsevier
The TRPM (transient receptor potential melastatin) family belongs to the superfamily of TRP
cation channels. The TRPM subfamily is composed of eight members that are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of the polycystic kidney disease channel PKD2 in lipid nanodiscs

PS Shen, X Yang, PG DeCaen, X Liu, D Bulkley… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Summary The Polycystic Kidney Disease 2 (Pkd2) gene is mutated in autosomal dominant
polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), one of the most common human monogenic disorders …

Cryo-EM and X-ray structures of TRPV4 reveal insight into ion permeation and gating mechanisms

Z Deng, N Paknejad, G Maksaev… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
The transient receptor potential (TRP) channel TRPV4 participates in multiple biological
processes, and numerous TRPV4 mutations underlie several distinct and devastating …

Structure and gating mechanism of the transient receptor potential channel TRPV3

AK Singh, LL McGoldrick, AI Sobolevsky - Nature structural & molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily member 3 (TRPV3) channel plays a crucial
role in skin physiology and pathophysiology. Mutations in TRPV3 are associated with …

Electron cryo-microscopy structure of the mechanotransduction channel NOMPC

P Jin, D Bulkley, Y Guo, W Zhang, Z Guo, W Huynh… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Mechanosensory transduction for senses such as proprioception, touch, balance,
acceleration, hearing and pain relies on mechanotransduction channels, which convert …