Extracellular cap domain is an essential component of the TRPV1 gating mechanism
Nadezhdin KD, Neuberger A, Nikolaev YA, Murphy LA, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN, Sobolevsky AI. Extracellular cap domain is an essential component of the TRPV1 gating mechanism. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 2154. PMID: 33846324, PMCID: PMC8041747, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22507-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCap domainC-terminusIon conductance pathwaysNumerous physiological processesTransient receptor potential channelsTRP channel familyCryo-EMPhysiological processesChannel familyExtracellular entranceHuman diseasesGating mechanismΒ-sheetConductance pathwayCritical determinantMolecular sensorsOpen probabilityPotential channelsIon selectivityEssential componentTRPV1 functionDomainTerminusProteinDeletion