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</td></tr><tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6ofa FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6ofa OCA], [http://pdbe.org/6ofa PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6ofa RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6ofa PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6ofa ProSAT]</span></td></tr> | </td></tr><tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6ofa FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6ofa OCA], [http://pdbe.org/6ofa PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6ofa RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6ofa PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6ofa ProSAT]</span></td></tr> | ||
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| + | == Publication Abstract from PubMed == | ||
| + | TRPA1 is a chemosensory ion channel that functions as a sentinel for structurally diverse electrophilic irritants. Channel activation occurs through an unusual mechanism involving covalent modification of cysteine residues clustered within an amino-terminal cytoplasmic domain. Here, we describe a peptidergic scorpion toxin (WaTx) that activates TRPA1 by penetrating the plasma membrane to access the same intracellular site modified by reactive electrophiles. WaTx stabilizes TRPA1 in a biophysically distinct active state characterized by prolonged channel openings and low Ca(2+) permeability. Consequently, WaTx elicits acute pain and pain hypersensitivity but fails to trigger efferent release of neuropeptides and neurogenic inflammation typically produced by noxious electrophiles. These findings provide a striking example of convergent evolution whereby chemically disparate animal- and plant-derived irritants target the same key allosteric regulatory site to differentially modulate channel activity. WaTx is a unique pharmacological probe for dissecting TRPA1 function and its contribution to acute and persistent pain. | ||
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| + | A Cell-Penetrating Scorpion Toxin Enables Mode-Specific Modulation of TRPA1 and Pain.,Lin King JV, Emrick JJ, Kelly MJS, Herzig V, King GF, Medzihradszky KF, Julius D Cell. 2019 Sep 5;178(6):1362-1374.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.014. Epub 2019, Aug 22. PMID:31447178<ref>PMID:31447178</ref> | ||
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| + | From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | ||
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| + | <div class="pdbe-citations 6ofa" style="background-color:#fffaf0;"></div> | ||
| + | == References == | ||
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