The cation channels of sperm also known as Catsper channels or CatSper, are ion channels that are related to the two-pore channels and distantly related...

CatSper2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CATSPER2 gene. CatSper2 is a member of the cation channels of sperm family of protein. The four...

CatSper1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CATSPER1 gene. CatSper1 is a member of the cation channels of sperm family of protein. The four...

Some cation channels allow calcium as well as other cations to pass through the membrane. Calcium channels can participate in the creation of action...

CatSper3, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CATSPER3 gene. CatSper3 is a member of the cation channels of sperm family of proteins. The four...

those of the sodium channels and are equally large. Cation channels of sperm: This small family of channels, normally referred to as Catsper channels, is...

CatSper4, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CATSPER4 gene. CatSper1 is a member of the cation channels of sperm family of protein. The four...

potential channels (TRP channels) are a group of ion channels located mostly on the plasma membrane of numerous animal cell types. Most of these are grouped...

superfamily of cation channels. They are classified into 2 types: In excitable cells such as neurons, myocytes, and certain types of glia, sodium channels are...

Voltage-gated ion channels are a class of transmembrane proteins that form ion channels that are activated by changes in a cell's electrical membrane...

receptors are ligand-gated ion channels, a resulting conformational change opens the ion channels, which leads to a flow of ions across the cell membrane...

nucleotide–gated (HCN) channels are integral membrane proteins that serve as nonselective voltage-gated cation channels in the plasma membranes of heart and brain...

the HCN channel or pacemaker channel. Such channels are important parts of the electrical conduction system of the heart and form a component of the natural...

transmembrane domain (TMD) in a domain-swapped 6 transmembrane (6TM) cation channel fold that is capped by a large cytosolic domain (CD). In this manner...

modulate the activity of CatSper (cation channels of sperm) voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Since eggs release progesterone, sperm may use progesterone as a homing...

of transient receptor potential cation channels (TRP channels) in animals. All TRPVs are highly calcium selective. TRP channels are a large group of ion...

Cardiolipin Carlos Chagas Filho Carrier protein CatSper1 CatSper2 CatSper3 CatSper4 Cation channels of sperm Cav1.1 Cav1.2 Cav1.3 Cav1.4 Cav2.1 Cell adhesion...

cell membranes. Potassium channels are found in most cell types and control a wide variety of cell functions. Potassium channels function to conduct potassium...

influx of calcium ion into the tails. The whip-like tail (flagellum) of the sperm is studded with ion channels formed by proteins called CatSper. These...

BK channels (big potassium), are large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, also known as Maxi-K, slo1, or Kca1.1. BK channels are voltage-gated...

sodium channels (VGSCs), also known as voltage-dependent sodium channels (VDSCs), are a group of voltage-gated ion channels found in the membrane of excitable...

during metabolism. Archaea also contain ion channels that have originated from general porins. The channels are found in the cell envelope and help facilitate...

Chloride channels are a superfamily of poorly understood ion channels specific for chloride. These channels may conduct many different ions, but are named...

also called water channels, are channel proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic proteins that form pores in the membrane of biological cells,...

The transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1), also known as the capsaicin receptor and the vanilloid receptor 1, is a protein...

potential cation channel, mucolipin subfamily, member 1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCOLN1 gene. It is a member of the small family of the...

either channels or carriers (a.k.a. transporters, or permeases). Examples of channel/carrier proteins include the GLUT 1 uniporter, sodium channels, and...

directly for the expression of gap junction channels; genes can produce only the proteins that make up gap junction channels. An alternative naming system...

et al. (1994). "Subunit 2 (or beta) of retinal rod cGMP-gated cation channel is a component of the 240-kDa channel-associated protein and mediates Ca(2+)-calmodulin...

calcium channels (VGCCs), also known as voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs), are a group of voltage-gated ion channels found in the membrane of excitable...