Article
Functional properties of the Drosophila melanogaster inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor mutants.
Biophysical journal - 1 Jun 2004
Srikanth Sonal, Wang Zhengnan, Tu Huiping, Nair Shalima, Mathew M K, Hasan Gaiti, Bezprozvanny Ilya
Abstract excerpt
The inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) is an intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)) release channel that plays a crucial role in cell signaling. In Drosophila melanogaster a single InsP(3)R gene (itpr) encodes a protein (DmInsP(3)R) that is approximately 60% conserved with mammalian InsP(3)Rs. A number of itpr mutant alleles have been identified in genetic screens and studied for their effect on...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Calcium Channels
- Cells, Cultured
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Inositol
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
- Ion Channel Gating
- Lipid Bilayers
- Mutation
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
