Structure of the EF-hand domain of polycystin-2 suggests a mechanism for Ca2+-dependent regulation of polycystin-2 channel activity
Petri ET, Ćelić A, Kennedy SD, Ehrlich BE, Boggon TJ, Hodsdon ME. Structure of the EF-hand domain of polycystin-2 suggests a mechanism for Ca2+-dependent regulation of polycystin-2 channel activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 9176-9181. PMID: 20439752, PMCID: PMC2889120, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912295107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEF-hand domainPolycystin-2Dependent protein interactionsTerminal cytoplasmic tailSequence conservation analysisPC2 channel activityChannel activityDependent conformational changesMechanism of regulationEF-hand motifsHLH motifHelix motifCytoplasmic tailCoil domainProtein interactionsConservation analysisDependent regulationNMR structureSensitive regulationConformational changesSensitive regulatorFunctional regionsFlexible linkerPermeable channelsPC2 activity