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Structural Insights into the Function of P2X4: An ATP-Gated Cation Channel of Neuroendocrine Cells

Publication at Faculty of Science |
2010

Abstract

The P2X4 receptor is a member of a family of ATP-gated cation channels, which are composed of three subunits, each having two transmembrane domains linked by a large extracellular loop and intracellularly located N- and C-termini. Recent crystallization of zebrafish P2X4 not only provided the possibility for re-interpretation of data generated by site-directed mutagenesis but also to progress in further work on structural-functional characterization.