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SUBMITTER: Strotmann R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2867956 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Strotmann Rainer R Semtner Marcus M Kepura Frauke F Plant Tim D TD Schöneberg Torsten T
PloS one 20100511 5
Several Ca(2+)-permeable channels, including the non-selective cation channel TRPV4, are subject to Ca(2+)-dependent facilitation. Although it has been clearly demonstrated in functional experiments that calmodulin (CaM) binding to intracellular domains of TRP channels is involved in this process, the molecular mechanism remains elusive. In this study, we provide experimental evidence for a comprehensive molecular model that explains Ca(2+)-dependent facilitation of TRPV4. In the resting state, ...[more]