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

  1. Raymond E Hulse
  2. Zongli Li
  3. Rick K Huang
  4. Jin Zhang
  5. David E Clapham  Is a corresponding author
  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
  2. Harvard Medical School, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36931
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  1. Raymond E Hulse
  2. Zongli Li
  3. Rick K Huang
  4. Jin Zhang
  5. David E Clapham
(2018)
Cryo-EM structure of the polycystin 2-l1 ion channel
eLife 7:e36931.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36931
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Abstract

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

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The cryo map and model have been deposited to the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (6DU8) and Electron Microscopy Data Bank (8912).

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    1. Clapham DE
    2. Hulse RE
    3. Li Z
    4. Huang RK
    5. Zhang J
    (2018) Cryo map and model from
    Publicly available at the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (Accession no: 6DU8).
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    1. Clapham DE
    2. Hulse RE
    3. Li Z
    4. Huang RK
    5. Zhang J
    (2018) Cryo map and model from
    Publicly available at the Electron Microscopy Data Bank (Accession no: 8912).
    https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/emdb/
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  1. Raymond E Hulse

    Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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  2. Zongli Li

    Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  3. Rick K Huang

    Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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  4. Jin Zhang

    Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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  5. David E Clapham

    Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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  1. Raymond E Hulse
  2. Zongli Li
  3. Rick K Huang
  4. Jin Zhang
  5. David E Clapham
(2018)
Cryo-EM structure of the polycystin 2-l1 ion channel
eLife 7:e36931.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.36931

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