title: Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels.
abstract: Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are ion channels which are activated by the binding of cGMP or cAMP. The channels are important cellular switches which transduce changes in intracellular concentrations of cyclic nucleotides into changes of the membrane potential and the Ca2+ concentration. CNG channels play a central role in the signal transduction pathways of vision and olfaction. Structurally, the channels belong to the superfamily of pore-loop cation channels. They share a common domain structure with hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels and Eag-like K+ channels. In this chapter, we give an overview on the molecular properties of CNG channels and describe the signal transduction pathways these channels are involved in. We will also summarize recent insights into the physiological and pathophysiological role of CNG channel proteins that have emerged from the analysis of CNG channel-deficient mouse models and human channelopathies.
authors.affiliation: Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPS-M and Zentrum für Pharmaforschung-Department Pharmazie, Pharmakologie für Naturwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, München, 81377, Germany. mbiel@cup.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biel
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michalakis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053447:Channelopathies / Q000503:physiopathology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D054815:Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018034:Olfactory Receptor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D054815:Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D006152:Cyclic GMP