Mechanism of calmodulin inactivation of the calcium-selective TRP channel TRPV6.

ABSTRACT: Calcium (Ca²⁺) plays a major role in numerous physiological processes. Ca²⁺ homeostasis is tightly controlled by ion channels, the aberrant regulation of which results in various diseases including cancers. Calmodulin (CaM)-mediated Ca²⁺-induced inactivation is an ion channel regulatory mechanism that protects cells against the toxic effects of Ca²⁺ overload. We used cryo-electron microscopy to capture the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6 (transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily member 6) inactivated by CaM. The TRPV6-CaM complex exhibits 1:1 stoichiometry; one TRPV6 tetramer binds both CaM lobes, which adopt a distinct head-to-tail arrangement. The CaM carboxyl-terminal lobe plugs the channel through a unique cation-π interaction by ins

SUBMITTER: Singh AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093632 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature