Store-operated calcium channels

M Prakriya, RS Lewis - Physiological reviews, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Store-operated calcium channels (SOCs) are a major pathway for calcium signaling in
virtually all metozoan cells and serve a wide variety of functions ranging from gene …

The evolution of calcium-based signalling in plants

KH Edel, E Marchadier, C Brownlee, J Kudla… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
The calcium-based intracellular signalling system is used ubiquitously to couple
extracellular stimuli to their characteristic intracellular responses. It is becoming clear from …

Distinct Orai-coupling domains in STIM1 and STIM2 define the Orai-activating site

X Wang, Y Wang, Y Zhou, E Hendron, S Mancarella… - Biophysical …, 2014 - cell.com
The ER membrane-spanning STIM1 protein is a finely-tuned sensor of ER luminal Ca 2+.
Small changes in ER Ca 2+ induce STIM1 to undergo an intricate self-triggering process …

The Orai1 Store-Operated Calcium Channel Functions as a Hexamer*♦

X Cai, Y Zhou, RM Nwokonko, NA Loktionova… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Orai channels mediate store-operated Ca 2+ signals crucial in regulating transcription in
many cell types, and implicated in numerous immunological and inflammatory disorders …

A coiled-coil clamp controls both conformation and clustering of stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1)

M Fahrner, M Muik, R Schindl, C Butorac… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Store-operated Ca 2+ entry, essential for the adaptive immunity, is initiated by the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca 2+ sensor STIM1. Ca 2+ entry occurs through the plasma …

Molecular mechanisms of STIM/Orai communication

I Derler, I Jardin, C Romanin - American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Ca2+ entry into the cell via store-operated Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels
triggers diverse signaling cascades that affect cellular processes like cell growth, gene …

The Extended Transmembrane Orai1 N-Terminal (ETON) Region Combines Binding Interface and Gate for Orai1 Activation by STIM1*♦

I Derler, P Plenk, M Fahrner, M Muik, I Jardin… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Background: STIM1 and Orai1, reconstituting a main cellular Ca 2+ entry pathway, interact
via their cytosolic strands. Results: The extended transmembrane Orai1 N-terminal (ETON) …

The STIM1-binding site nexus remotely controls Orai1 channel gating

Y Zhou, X Cai, NA Loktionova, X Wang… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The ubiquitously expressed Orai Ca2+ channels are gated through a unique
process of intermembrane coupling with the Ca2+-sensing STIM proteins. Despite the …

ORAI Calcium channels: Regulation, function, pharmacology, and therapeutic targets

HN Rubaiy - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The changes in intracellular free calcium (Ca2+) levels are one of the most widely regulators
of cell function; therefore, calcium as a universal intracellular mediator is involved in very …

Targeting calcium signaling induces epigenetic reactivation of tumor suppressor genes in cancer

NJM Raynal, JT Lee, Y Wang, A Beaudry, P Madireddi… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
Targeting epigenetic pathways is a promising approach for cancer therapy. Here, we report
on the unexpected finding that targeting calcium signaling can reverse epigenetic silencing …