Independent activation of distinct pores in dimeric TMEM16A channels

TMEM16 lipid scramblases are formed from two identical subunits, but the pore architecture of TMEM16 channels remains unclear. Jeng et al. use tandem dimers of TMEM16A subunits with different mutations and show that each subunit comprises an independent pore and contains more than one Ca2+-binding s...

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Main Authors: Jeng, Grace, Aggarwal, Muskaan, Yu, Wei-Ping, Chen, Tsung-Yu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5089935/