Two pore segment channel 1 (TPC1) is a human protein encoded by the TPCN1gene.[5] The protein encoded by this gene is an ion channel. In contrast to other calcium and sodium channels which have four homologous domains, each containing 6 transmembrane segments (S1 to S6), TPCN1 only contains two domains (each containing segments S1 to S6).[6][7][8]
The structure of a TPC1 ortholog from Arabidopsis thaliana has been solved by two laboratories.[9][10] The structures were solved using X-ray crystallography and contained the fold of a voltage-gated ion channel and EF hands. Only a single voltage sensor domain appears to responsible for voltage sensing.
Filoviral Infections[]
Genetic knockout and pharmacological inhibition experiments demonstrate that , TPC1 and TPC2, are required for infection by Filoviruses Ebola and Marburg in mice.[11]
^Ishibashi K, Suzuki M, Imai M (April 2000). "Molecular cloning of a novel form (two-repeat) protein related to voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 270 (2): 370–6. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.2435. PMID10753632.
^Clapham DE, Garbers DL (December 2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. L. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of CatSper and two-pore channels". Pharmacological Reviews. 57 (4): 451–4. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.7. PMID16382101. S2CID35096827.
Ishibashi K, Suzuki M, Imai M (April 2000). "Molecular cloning of a novel form (two-repeat) protein related to voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 270 (2): 370–6. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.2435. PMID10753632.
Clapham DE, Garbers DL (December 2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. L. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of CatSper and two-pore channels". Pharmacological Reviews. 57 (4): 451–4. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.7. PMID16382101. S2CID35096827.
