{"title":"Subconductance states add complexity to Piezo1 gating model","authors":"Marie E. Cronin , Jörg Grandl","doi":"10.1016/j.tibs.2024.05.005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Piezos are force-gated ion channels that detect and communicate membrane tension to the cell. Recent work from <span>Ullah, Nosyreva</span><svg><path></path></svg>, and colleagues characterizes partial channel openings, known as subconductance states, and develops a new gating model of Piezo1 function.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":440,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","volume":"49 7","pages":"Pages 567-568"},"PeriodicalIF":11.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968000424001300","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Piezos are force-gated ion channels that detect and communicate membrane tension to the cell. Recent work from Ullah, Nosyreva, and colleagues characterizes partial channel openings, known as subconductance states, and develops a new gating model of Piezo1 function.
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