Conserved biophysical features of the CaV2 presynaptic Ca2+ channel homologue from the early-diverging animal Trichoplax adhaerens
Julia Gauberg, Salsabil Abdallah, Wassim Elkhatib, Alicia N. Harracksingh, Thomas Piekut, Elise F. Stanley, Adriano Senatore
Abstract
channel was immunolocalized in cells that express an endomorphin-like peptide implicated in cell signaling and locomotive behavior and other likely secretory cells, suggesting contributions to regulated exocytosis.
Topics & Concepts
Voltage-dependent calcium channelBiophysicsNeurotransmissionChemistryCalciumBiologyBiochemistryReceptorOrganic chemistryIon channel regulation and functionNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors StudyNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research