Revelation of an enigmatic signaling machinery-First insights into the mammalian TRPC architecture.

Canonical TRP channels (TRPCs) are a particularly enigmatic family of signaling molecules with multimodal sensing features, being involved in a wide range of biological functions. Until very recently, the main hurdle towards comprehensive mechanistic understanding of TRPC signaling has been the lack of structural information. This has changed early this year by several reports on TRPC architectures resolved by single particle cryo-EM analysis. These studies confirmed recently elaborated concepts on TRPC structure-function relations, and unveiled unanticipated features and complexity in the TRPC sensing machinery. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Klaus Groschner, Oleksandra Tiapko. Revelation of an enigmatic signaling machinery-First insights into the mammalian TRPC architecture. Cell calcium. 2018 Sep;74:144-146

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