Structure-function analysis of TRPV channels.
In recent years many new members of the family of TRP ion channels have been identified. These channels are classified into several subgroups and participate in many sensory and physiological functions. TRPV channels are important for the perception of pain, temperature sensing, osmotic regulation, and maintenance of calcium homeostasis, and much recent research concerns the identification of protein domains involved in mediating specific channel functions. Recent literature on TRPV channel subunit composition, protein domains required for subunit assembly, trafficking, and regulation will be reviewed and discussed.
Niemeyer
Barbara A
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Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität des Saarlandes, Gebäude 46, 66421, Homburg, Germany. barbara.niemeyer@uniklinik-saarland.de
D000818:Animals; D017089:Ankyrin Repeat / Q000502:physiology; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D050916:TRPV Cation Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
D002147:Calmodulin; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D050916:TRPV Cation Channels; D011494:Protein Kinases