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A tyrosine residue in TM6 of the Vanilloid Receptor TRPV1 involved in desensitization and calcium permeability of capsaicin-activated currents.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Jun 2003
Mohapatra Durga Prasanna, Wang Sho-Ya, Wang Ging Kuo, Nau Carla
Abstract excerpt
The Vanilloid Receptor TRPV1 is a non-selective cation channel with a high relative Ca(2+) permeability. TRPV1 exhibits slow desensitization, a potential mechanism regulating adaptation of peripheral sensory neurons to noxious stimuli. The predicted folding pattern of TRPV1 resembles that of voltage-gated channels. Sequence alignment of segments 6 of TRPV1 and voltage-gated Na(+) channels reveals a conserved...
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