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Concept information

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transient receptor potential vanilloid channels

Tipo

  • Chemical

Definición

  • Information A subgroup of TRP cation channels named after the vanilloid receptor. They are very sensitive to temperature; hot spicy food, and capsaicin. They contain a TRP domain (a five-turn amphipathic helix with an invariant tryptophan) and Ankyrin repeats. Selectivity for calcium over sodium ranges from 3 to 100 fold.

Sinónimos

  • capsaicin receptors
  • TRPV cation channels
  • TRPV (transient receptor potential vanilloid) cation channels
  • TRPV (transient receptor potential vanilloid) channels
  • vanilloid receptors

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/324959

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