Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Structural insights on TRPV5 gating by endogenous modulators

  • Taylor E. T. Hughes,
  • Ruth A. Pumroy,
  • Aysenur Torun Yazici,
  • Marina A. Kasimova,
  • Edwin C. Fluck,
  • Kevin W. Huynh,
  • Amrita Samanta,
  • Sudheer K. Molugu,
  • Z. Hong Zhou,
  • Vincenzo Carnevale,
  • Tibor Rohacs,
  • Vera Y. Moiseenkova-Bell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06753-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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TRPV5 is a kidney specific transient receptor potential (TRP) channel with an important role in calcium reabsorption. Here the authors provide mechanistic insights into TRPV5 modulation by determining the phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and calmodulin bound TRPV5 cryo-EM structures.