Calcium channels are models of self-control.
Calcium channels are models of self-control.
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10.1085/jgp.200709786
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2007-05
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Dunlap K
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Dunlap K
When Ca2+ ions flow through the pore of an individual voltage-gated Ca2+ channel, they act back on the channel they’ve passed through and alter subsequent Ca2+ flow. Such local, almost instantaneous regulation involves both positive and negative feedback mechanisms: Ca2+-dependent facilitation (CDF) and Ca2+-dependent inactivation (CDI), respectively. Indeed, some types of Ca2+ channel are capable of undergoing both CDF and CDI, with each form of modulation following a different time course and having a different dependency on the rate, extent, and spatial localization of Ca2+ entry. These channels are equipped with a special Ca2+-sensitive toolkit, which they use to exquisitely manipulate their own Ca2+ influx, and thereby adjust the many effector responses that lie downstream of the Ca2+ entry. Although such self-regulation has been recognized at the cellular level for decades (Brehm and Eckert, 1978; Marban and Tsien, 1982), recent work has begun to illuminate the underlying molecular mechanisms and their inherent complexity. Chaudhuri et al.(see p. 385 of this issue) have added several essential links to this chain of discovery. CDF and CDI are present in most, but not all, members of the high voltage–activated Cav1 and Cav2 channels, but are entirely absent in the low voltage–activated Cav3 channels. Curiously, despite their diametrically opposite effects on channel gating and consequent Ca2+ influx, both CDF and CDI are mediated by calmodulin (CaM). Site-directed mutagenesis of recombinant Cav1 and Cav2 channels demonstrated that CaM interacts with a canonical “IQ” domain (a highly conserved region in the cytoplasmic C-terminal tail of all Cav1 and Cav2 pore-forming subunits). Removal of the IQ domain and mutations in the IQ domain that prevent CaM binding eliminate both CDF and CDI (Zühlke and Reuter, 1998; Qin et al., 1999; Zühlke et al., 1999). The high selectivity of CaM for Ca2+ over Ba2+(Chao et al., 1984) explains the long-recognized inability of Ba2+ to evoke CDF and CDI. Although at first glance this might seem like a limited toolkit, CaM operates a bit like a fully loaded Swiss Army knife (Fig. 1).
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DOI:
10.1107/s0907444995011826
发表时间:
1996-03-01
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ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
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作者:
Rupp, B;Marshak, DR;Parkin, S
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Parkin, S
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
Chaudhuri, D;Chang, SY;Yue, DT
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Yue, DT
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5.6
作者:
BABU, YS;BUGG, CE;COOK, WJ
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COOK, WJ
影响因子:
5.7
作者:
Fallon, JL;Halling, DB;Quiocho, FA
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Quiocho, FA
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.262372999
发表时间:
2002-12-24
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Alseikhan, BA;DeMaria, CD;Yue, DT
通讯作者:
Yue, DT