PMID: 30004384

 

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Title : Cryo-EM structure of the polycystin 2-l1 ion channel

Abstract :
  1. We report the near atomic resolution (3.3 Å) of the human polycystic kidney disease 2-like 1 ( polycystin 2-l1 ) ion channel
  2. Encoded by PKD2L1 , polycystin 2-l1 is a calcium and monovalent cation-permeant ion channel in primary cilia and plasma membranes
  3. The related primary cilium-specific polycystin-2 protein , encoded by PKD2 , shares a high degree of sequence similarity, yet has distinct permeability characteristics
  4. Here we show that these differences are reflected in the architecture of polycystin 2-l1