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Pannexin1 channels contain a glycosylation site that targets the hexamer to the plasma membrane.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Oct 2007
Boassa Daniela, Ambrosi Cinzia, Qiu Feng, Dahl Gerhard, Gaietta Guido, Sosinsky Gina
Abstract excerpt
Pannexins are newly discovered channel proteins expressed in many different tissues and abundantly in the vertebrate central nervous system. Based on membrane topology, folding and secondary structure prediction, pannexins are proposed to form gap junction-like structures. We show here that Pannexin1 forms a hexameric channel and reaches the cell surface but, unlike connexins, is N-glycosylated. Using...
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