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Molecular mechanism of GIRK2 channel gating modulated by cholesteryl hemisuccinate

Frontiers in Physiology
Cholesterol, an essential lipid of cell membranes, regulates G protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channel activity. Previous studies have shown that cholesterol activates GIRK2 homotetrameric channels, which are expressed in dopaminergic ...
Meng Cui, Meng Cui, Yongcheng Lu, Xinyi Ma, Diomedes E. Logothetis, Diomedes E. Logothetis, Diomedes E. Logothetis, Diomedes E. Logothetis, Diomedes E. Logothetis   +8 more
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The role of conformational diffusion in ion channel gating

, 2003
We consider an exactly tractable model of the Kramers type for the voltage-dependent gating dynamics of single ion channels. It is assumed that the gating dynamics is caused by the thermally activated transitions in a bistable potential.
Bezanilla, Blatz, Bässler, Colquhoun, Condat, de Gennes, Dobson, Frauenfelder, Frauenfelder, Goychuk, Hille, Hodgkin, Hänggi, Igor Goychuk, Jiang, Liebovitch, Läuger, Mainen, Mercik, Metzler, Millhauser, Moore, Peter Hänggi, Ring, Rodriguez, Salman, Sansom, Sigg, Yellen   +28 more
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Large‐scale bidirectional arrayed genetic screens identify OXR1 and EMC4 as modifiers of αSynuclein aggregation

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Activation of the mitochondrial protein OXR1 increases pSyn129 αSynuclein aggregation by lowering ATP levels and altering mitochondrial membrane potential, particularly in response to MSA‐derived fibrils. In contrast, ablation of the ER protein EMC4 enhances autophagic flux and lysosomal clearance, broadly reducing α‐synuclein aggregates.
Sandesh Neupane, Lea Nikolić, Lorenzo Maraio, Thomas Goiran, Nathan Karpilovsky, Stefano Sellitto, Vangelis Bouris, Jiang‐An Yin, Ronald Melki, Edward A Fon, Adriano Aguzzi, Elena De Cecco   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voltage Sensing in Bacterial Protein Translocation [PDF]

, 2020
The bacterial channel SecYEG efficiently translocates both hydrophobic and hydrophilic proteins across the plasma membrane. Translocating polypeptide chains may dislodge the plug, a half helix that blocks the permeation of small molecules, from its ...
Bondar, Ana-Nicoleta, Knyazev, Denis G., Kuttner, Roland, Pohl, Peter, Siligan, Christine, Zimmerman, Mirjam   +5 more
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UiO‐66 metal–organic frameworks in biomedicine: From structural tunability to bioimaging, photodiagnostics, and photodynamic cancer therapy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
UiO‐66(Zr) metal–organic frameworks are chemically stable, biocompatible, and highly tunable nanomaterials. Their modular structure enables controlled drug delivery, multimodal bioimaging, and light‐activated photodynamic therapy, supporting integrated diagnostic and therapeutic (theranostic) applications in cancer and biomedical research.
Veronika Huntošová, Grigorii Rakhalskii, Miroslav Almáši   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels [PDF]

Physiological Reviews, 2002
Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels first identified in retinal photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). They are opened by the direct binding of cyclic nucleotides, cAMP and cGMP. Although their activity shows very little voltage dependence, CNG channels belong to the superfamily of voltage-gated ion ...
U Benjamin, Kaupp, Reinhard, Seifert
openaire   +2 more sources

Epilepsy‐Associated Variants of a Single SCN1A Codon Exhibit Divergent Functional Properties

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Pathogenic variants in SCN1A, which encodes the voltage‐gated sodium channel NaV1.1, are associated with multiple epilepsy syndromes exhibiting a range of clinical severity. SCN1A variants are reported in different syndromes, including Dravet syndrome, which is associated with loss‐of‐function, whereas neonatal/infantile‐onset ...
Lanie N. Liebovitz, Christopher H. Thompson, Linda C. Laux, Alfred L. George Jr.   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryo-EM structures of the DCPIB-inhibited volume-regulated anion channel LRRC8A in lipid nanodiscs

eLife, 2019
Hypoosmotic conditions activate volume-regulated anion channels in vertebrate cells. These channels are formed by leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 8 (LRRC8) family members and contain LRRC8A in homo- or hetero-hexameric assemblies. Here, we present
David M Kern, SeCheol Oh, Richard K Hite, Stephen G Brohawn   +3 more
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Deterministic Detection of Single Ion Implantation

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Focused ion beam implantation with high detection efficiencies will enable the rapid and scalable fabrication of advanced spin‐based technologies such as qubits. This work presents the detection efficiencies of a wide range of ions implanted into solid‐state hosts, with efficiencies of >90% recorded for ion species and substrate combinations of ...
Mason Adshead, Lok Kan Wan, Maddison Coke, Janet Jacobs, Nicholas F. L. Collins, Mark C. Rosamond, Richard J. Curry   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un-gating and allosteric modulation of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel captured by molecular dynamics. [PDF]

PLoS Computational Biology, 2017
Pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGICs) mediate intercellular communication at synapses through the opening of an ion pore in response to the binding of a neurotransmitter. Despite the increasing availability of high-resolution structures of pLGICs,
Nicolas E Martin, Siddharth Malik, Nicolas Calimet, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Marco Cecchini   +4 more
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