Electron cryo-microscopy structure of the mechanotransduction channel NOMPC

Peng Jin, David Bulkley, Yanmeng Guo, Wei Zhang, Zhenhao Guo, Walter Huynh, Shenping Wu, Shan Meltzer, Tong Cheng, Lily Yeh Jan, Yuh-Nung Jan () and Yifan Cheng ()
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Peng Jin: University of California
David Bulkley: University of California
Yanmeng Guo: University of California
Wei Zhang: University of California
Zhenhao Guo: University of California
Walter Huynh: University of California
Shenping Wu: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California
Shan Meltzer: University of California
Tong Cheng: University of California
Lily Yeh Jan: University of California
Yuh-Nung Jan: University of California
Yifan Cheng: University of California

Nature, 2017, vol. 547, issue 7661, 118-122

Abstract: Single-particle electron cryo-microscopy analysis of the mechanotransduction channel NOMPC reveals that it contains a bundle of four helical spring-shaped ankyrin repeat domains that undergo motion, potentially allowing mechanical movement of the cytoskeleton to be coupled to the opening of the channel.

Date: 2017
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