Structural and functional characterization of a calcium-activated cation channel from Tsukamurella paurometabola

Tetrameric cationic channels specificity is determined by the sequence and structural conformation of their selectivity filter. Here, the authors show that a cationic channel from Tsukamurella paurometabola is non-selective due to a Ca2+-binding motif within its unusual proline-rich filter.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Balasundaresan Dhakshnamoorthy, Ahmed Rohaim, Huan Rui, Lydia Blachowicz, Benoît Roux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12753