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Aparna Gudlur1, Patrick G Hogan2.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the Orai proteins, Orai1-Orai3, with special emphasis on Orai1, in humans and other mammals, and on the definitive evidence that Orai is the pore subunit of the CRAC channel. It begins by reviewing briefly the defining characteristics of the CRAC channel, then discusses the studies that implicated Orai as part of the store-operated Ca2+ entry pathway and as the CRAC channel pore subunit, and finally examines ongoing work that is providing insights into CRAC channel structure and gating.Entities:
Keywords: CRAC channel; CRAC current; Calcium channel; Calcium conductance; Gating; Orai1; STIM1
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28900908 PMCID: PMC5764705 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57732-6_3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol ISSN: 0065-2598 Impact factor: 2.622