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Highly conserved tyrosine 37 stabilizes desensitized states and restricts calcium permeability of ATP-gated P2X3 receptor.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Nov 2011
Jindrichova Marie, Khafizov Kamil, Skorinkin Andrei, Fayuk Dmitriy, Bart Genevieve, Zemkova Hana, Giniatullin Rashid
Abstract excerpt
Tyrosine 37 in the first transmembrane (TM1) domain is highly conserved in ATP-gated P2X receptors suggesting its fundamental role. We tested whether Y37 contributes to the desensitization of P2X3 receptors, which is currently not well understood. By combining electrophysiological, imaging and modeling approaches, we studied desensitization of various Y37 P2X3 mutants and potential partners of Y37. Unlike the...
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