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Structural highlights

Disease

TRPA1_HUMAN Familial episodic pain syndrome with predominantly upper body involvement. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Function

TRPA1_HUMAN Receptor-activated non-selective cation channel involved in detection of pain and possibly also in cold perception and inner ear function (PubMed:25389312, PubMed:25855297). Has a central role in the pain response to endogenous inflammatory mediators and to a diverse array of volatile irritants, such as mustard oil, cinnamaldehyde, garlic and acrolein, an irritant from tears gas and vehicule exhaust fumes (PubMed:25389312, PubMed:20547126). Is also activated by menthol (in vitro)(PubMed:25389312). Acts also as an ionotropic cannabinoid receptor by being activated by delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component of marijuana (PubMed:25389312). May be a component for the mechanosensitive transduction channel of hair cells in inner ear, thereby participating in the perception of sounds. Probably operated by a phosphatidylinositol second messenger system (By similarity).[UniProtKB:Q8BLA8]^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. ↑ Kremeyer B, Lopera F, Cox JJ, Momin A, Rugiero F, Marsh S, Woods CG, Jones NG, Paterson KJ, Fricker FR, Villegas A, Acosta N, Pineda-Trujillo NG, Ramirez JD, Zea J, Burley MW, Bedoya G, Bennett DL, Wood JN, Ruiz-Linares A. A gain-of-function mutation in TRPA1 causes familial episodic pain syndrome. Neuron. 2010 Jun 10;66(5):671-80. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.04.030. PMID:20547126 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.04.030
2. ↑ Moparthi L, Survery S, Kreir M, Simonsen C, Kjellbom P, Hogestatt ED, Johanson U, Zygmunt PM. Human TRPA1 is intrinsically cold- and chemosensitive with and without its N-terminal ankyrin repeat domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Nov 25;111(47):16901-6. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1412689111. Epub 2014 Nov 11. PMID:25389312 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412689111
3. ↑ Paulsen CE, Armache JP, Gao Y, Cheng Y, Julius D. Structure of the TRPA1 ion channel suggests regulatory mechanisms. Nature. 2015 Apr 8. doi: 10.1038/nature14367. PMID:25855297 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14367