TRPV6 is a Ca selective channel that mediates calcium uptake in the gut and contributes to the development and progression of human cancers. TRPV6 is represented by the ancestral and derived haplotypes that differ by three non-synonymous polymorphisms, located in the N-terminal ankyrin repeat domain (C157R), S1-S2 extracellular loop (M378V), and C-terminus (M681T). The ancestral and derived haplotypes were proposed to serve as genomic factors causing a different outcome for cancer patients of African ancestry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLateral heterogeneity, or mosaicity, is a fundamental property inherent to cell membranes that is crucial for their functioning. While microscopic inhomogeneities (e.g.
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The article considers evaluation of works of colleagues and contemporaries of N. P. Kravkov, the creator of "Russian narcosis" with hedonal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStructural biology is solving an ever-increasing number of snapshots of ion channel conformational ensembles. Deciphering ion channel mechanisms, however, requires understanding the ensemble dynamics beyond the static structures. Here, we present a molecular modeling-based approach characterizing the ion channel structural intermediates, or their "dynamic molecular portraits", by assessing water and ion conductivity along with the detailed evaluation of pore hydrophobicity and residue packing.
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The article analyses research activities of the discoverers of "Russian narcosis" from the Military Medical Academy of St. Petersburg: the head of the Department of Pharmacology N. P.
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