Voltage-Gated Ca2+-Channel α1-Subunit de novo Missense Mutations: Gain or Loss of Function – Implications for Potential Therapies

J Striessnig - Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review summarizes our current knowledge of human disease-relevant genetic variants
within the family of voltage gated Ca2+ channels. Ca2+ channelopathies cover a wide …

De novo CACAN1D Ca2+ channelopathies: clinical phenotypes and molecular mechanism

NJ Ortner, T Kaserer, JN Copeland… - Pflügers Archiv-European …, 2020 - Springer
The identification of rare disease-causing variants in humans by large-scale next-generation
sequencing (NGS) studies has also provided us with new insights into the …

Structural basis for gating pore current in periodic paralysis

D Jiang, TM Gamal El-Din, C Ing, P Lu, R Pomes… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Potassium-sensitive hypokalaemic and normokalaemic periodic paralysis are inherited
skeletal muscle diseases characterized by episodes of flaccid muscle weakness,. They are …

The Dsc ubiquitin ligase complex identifies transmembrane degrons to degrade orphaned proteins at the Golgi

Y Weyer, SI Schwabl, X Tang, A Purwar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The Golgi apparatus is essential for protein sorting, yet its quality control mechanisms are
poorly understood. Here we show that the Dsc ubiquitin ligase complex uses its rhomboid …

Anionic omega currents from single countercharge mutants in the voltage-sensing domain of Ci-VSP

R Shen, B Roux, E Perozo - Journal of General Physiology, 2023 - rupress.org
The S4 segment of voltage-sensing domains (VSDs) directly responds to voltage changes
by reorienting within the electric field as a permion. A narrow hydrophobic “gasket” or charge …

Roles for countercharge in the voltage sensor domain of ion channels

JR Groome, L Bayless-Edwards - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Voltage-gated ion channels share a common structure typified by peripheral, voltage sensor
domains. Their S4 segments respond to alteration in membrane potential with translocation …

Advances in L-type calcium channel structures, functions and molecular modeling

L Xu, L Sun, L Xie, S Mou, D Zhang… - Current Medicinal …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
L-type Calcium Channels (LTCCs), also termed as Cav1, belong to voltage-gated calcium
channels (VGCCs/Cavs), which play a critical role in a wide spectrum of physiological …

Gating pore currents occur in CaV1.1 domain III mutants associated with HypoPP

F Wu, M Quinonez, SC Cannon - Journal of General Physiology, 2021 - rupress.org
Mutations in the voltage sensor domain (VSD) of CaV1. 1, the α1S subunit of the L-type
calcium channel in skeletal muscle, are an established cause of hypokalemic periodic …

Gating defects of disease-causing de novo mutations in Cav1.3 Ca2+ channels

A Pinggera, G Negro, P Tuluc, MJ Brown, A Lieb… - Channels, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, we and others identified somatic and germline de novo gain-of-function mutations
in CACNA1D, the gene encoding the α1-subunit of voltage-gated Cav1. 3 Ca2+-channels …

CACNA1D-Related Channelopathies: From Hypertension to Autism

NJ Ortner - … -gated Ca2+ Channels: Pharmacology, Modulation and …, 2023 - Springer
Tightly controlled Ca2+ influx through voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (Cavs) is indispensable
for proper physiological function. Thus, it is not surprising that Cav loss and/or gain of …