| Literature DB >> 23026751 |
Amy L Eastwood1, Miriam B Goodman.
Abstract
The founding members of the superfamily of DEG/ENaC ion channel proteins are C. elegans proteins that form mechanosensitive channels in touch and pain receptors. For more than a decade, the research community has used mutagenesis to identify motifs that regulate gating. This review integrates insight derived from unbiased in vivo mutagenesis screens with recent crystal structures to develop new models for activation of mechanically gated DEGs.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23026751 PMCID: PMC4012085 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00006.2012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Physiology (Bethesda) ISSN: 1548-9221