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Voltage-Dependent Protonation of the Calcium Pocket Enable Activation of the Calcium-Activated Chloride Channel Anoctamin-1 (TMEM16A).
Scientific reports - 20 Apr 2020
Segura-Covarrubias Guadalupe, Aréchiga-Figueroa Iván A, De Jesús-Pérez José J, Sánchez-Solano Alfredo, Pérez-Cornejo Patricia, Arreola Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Anoctamin-1 (ANO1 or TMEM16A) is a homo-dimeric Ca2+-activated Cl- channel responsible for essential physiological processes. Each monomer harbours a pore and a Ca2+-binding pocket; the voltage-dependent binding of two intracellular Ca2+ ions to the pocket gates the pore. However, in the absence of intracellular Ca2+ voltage activates TMEM16A by an unknown mechanism. Here we show voltage-activated anion currents...
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