Structural highlights
Function
[TRPV6_RAT] Calcium selective cation channel probably involved in Ca(2+) uptake in various tissues, including Ca(2+) reabsorption in intestine. The channel is activated by low internal calcium level, probably including intracellular calcium store depletion, and the current exhibits an inward rectification. Inactivation includes both, a rapid Ca(2+)-dependent and a slower Ca(2+)-calmodulin-dependent mechanism, the latter may be regulated by phosphorylation. In vitro, is slowly inhibited by Mg(2+) in a voltage-independent manner. Heteromeric assembly with TRPV5 seems to modify channel properties. TRPV5-TRPV6 heteromultimeric concatemers exhibit voltage-dependent gating (By similarity).[UniProtKB:Q91WD2][UniProtKB:Q9H1D0][1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Tetrameric ion channels have either swapped or non-swapped arrangements of the S1-S4 and pore domains. Here we show that mutations in the transmembrane domain of TRPV6 can result in conversion from a domain-swapped to non-swapped fold. These results reveal structural determinants of domain swapping and raise the possibility that a single ion channel subtype can fold into either arrangement in vivo, affecting its function in normal or disease states.
Swapping of transmembrane domains in the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6.,Singh AK, Saotome K, Sobolevsky AI Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 6;7(1):10669. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10993-9. PMID:28878326[2]
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