Store-operated calcium channels

M Prakriya, RS Lewis - Physiological reviews, 2015‏ - journals.physiology.org
Store-operated calcium channels (SOCs) are a major pathway for calcium signaling in
virtually all metozoan cells and serve a wide variety of functions ranging from gene …

Diseases caused by mutations in ORAI1 and STIM1

RS Lacruz, S Feske - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ca2+ release‐activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels mediate a specific form of Ca2+ influx
called store‐operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) that contributes to the function of many cell types …

STIM proteins: dynamic calcium signal transducers

J Soboloff, BS Rothberg, M Madesh… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2012‏ - nature.com
Stromal interaction molecule (STIM) proteins function in cells as dynamic coordinators of
cellular calcium (Ca2+) signals. Spanning the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane, they …

Crystal structure of the calcium release–activated calcium channel Orai

X Hou, L Pedi, MM Diver, SB Long - Science, 2012‏ - science.org
The plasma membrane protein Orai forms the pore of the calcium release–activated calcium
(CRAC) channel and generates sustained cytosolic calcium signals when triggered by …

[HTML][HTML] Organization and function of membrane contact sites

SCJ Helle, G Kanfer, K Kolar, A Lang, AH Michel… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Membrane-bound organelles are a wonderful evolutionary acquisition of the eukaryotic cell,
allowing the segregation of sometimes incompatible biochemical reactions into specific …

Store-operated calcium entry: Mechanisms and modulation

PG Hogan, A Rao - Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Store-operated calcium entry is a central mechanism in cellular calcium signalling and in
maintaining cellular calcium balance. This review traces the history of research on store …

Mechanosensing drives acuity of αβ T-cell recognition

Y Feng, KN Brazin, E Kobayashi, RJ Mallis… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
T lymphocytes use surface α β T-cell receptors (TCRs) to recognize peptides bound to MHC
molecules (pMHCs) on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). How the exquisite specificity of high …

Circularly permuted LOV2 as a modular photoswitch for optogenetic engineering

L He, P Tan, L Zhu, K Huang, NT Nguyen… - Nature Chemical …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Plant-based photosensors, such as the light-oxygen-voltage sensing domain 2 (LOV2) from
oat phototropin 1, can be modularly wired into cell signaling networks to remotely control …

Near-infrared photoactivatable control of Ca2+ signaling and optogenetic immunomodulation

L He, Y Zhang, G Ma, P Tan, Z Li, S Zang, X Wu, J **g… - elife, 2015‏ - elifesciences.org
The application of current channelrhodopsin-based optogenetic tools is limited by the lack of
strict ion selectivity and the inability to extend the spectra sensitivity into the near-infrared …

Proteomic map** of ER–PM junctions identifies STIMATE as a regulator of Ca2+ influx

J **g, L He, A Sun, A Quintana, Y Ding, G Ma… - Nature cell …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Specialized junctional sites that connect the plasma membrane (PM) and endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) play critical roles in controlling lipid metabolism and Ca2+ signalling,,,. Store …