A structural atlas of druggable sites on Na_v channels.

ABSTRACT: Voltage-gated sodium (Na_v) channels govern membrane excitability by initiating and propagating action potentials. Consistent with their physiological significance, dysfunction, or mutations in these channels are associated with various channelopathies. Na_v channels are thereby major targets for various clinical and investigational drugs. In addition, a large number of natural toxins, both small molecules and peptides, can bind to Na_v channels and modulate their functions. Technological breakthrough in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has enabled the determination of high-resolution structures of eukaryotic and eventually human Na_v channels, alone or in complex with auxiliary subunits, toxins, and drugs. These studies have not only advanced our

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10732651 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature