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An Additional Ca2+ Binding Site Allosterically Controls TMEM16A Activation.
Cell reports - 29 Dec 2020
Le Son C, Yang Huanghe
Abstract excerpt
Calcium (Ca2+) is the primary stimulus for transmembrane protein 16 (TMEM16) Ca2+-activated chloride channels and phospholipid scramblases, which regulate important physiological processes ranging from smooth muscle contraction to blood coagulation and tumor progression. Binding of intracellular Ca2+ to two highly conserved orthosteric binding sites in transmembrane helices (TMs) 6-8 efficiently opens the...
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