Chemicals and Drugs

TRPV Cation Channels

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.

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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.

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  • Capsaicin Receptor
  • Capsaicin Receptors
  • Vanilloid Receptor
  • Vanilloid Receptors
  • Cation Channels, TRPV
  • Channels, TRPV Cation
  • Receptor, Capsaicin
  • Receptor, Vanilloid
  • Receptors, Capsaicin
  • Receptors, Vanilloid

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2006(1991)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. TRPV Cation Channels. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050916. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050916
  2. TRPV Cation Channels. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRPV
  3. TRPV Cation Channels. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7671491