Gap Junction Channel Regulation: A Tale of Two Gates-Voltage Sensitivity of the Chemical Gate and Chemical Sensitivity of the Fast Voltage Gate.

calmodulin channels chemical gating connexins gap junctions innexins voltage gating

Journal

International journal of molecular sciences
ISSN: 1422-0067
Titre abrégé: Int J Mol Sci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101092791

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 29 11 2023
revised: 08 01 2024
accepted: 10 01 2024
medline: 23 1 2024
pubmed: 23 1 2024
entrez: 23 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Gap junction channels are regulated by gates sensitive to cytosolic acidification and trans-junctional voltage (Vj). We propose that the chemical gate is a calmodulin (CaM) lobe. The fast-Vj gate is made primarily by the connexin's NH

Identifiants

pubmed: 38256055
pii: ijms25020982
doi: 10.3390/ijms25020982
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The author declares no conflicts of interest.

Auteurs

Camillo Peracchia (C)

Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642-8711, USA.

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