Doorkeeper Ring (IMAGE)

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz

Doorkeeper Ring

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A doorkeeper ring: The extracytosolic/lumenal domain of the human TRPML2 ion channel, whose structure the present study elucidated for the first time, functions as a pH-dependent calcium controller. It regulates the function of the channel in different cellular compartments. Ill./©: Kerstin K. Viet

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Ill./©: Kerstin K. Viet

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This image may only be used in connection with the press release "An ion channel with a doorkeeper: The pH of calcium ions controls ion channel opening", issued by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on June 25, 2019.

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