Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1
BE0017696ProteinHumansPIEZO1
Pore-forming subunit of the mechanosensitive non-specific cation Piezo channel required for rapidly adapting mechanically activated (MA) currents and has a key role in sensing touch and tactile pain (PubMed:23479567, PubMed:23695678, PubMed:25955826, PubMed:37590348). It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- PIEZO1
- UniProtKB entry
- Q92508Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
- Residues / weight
- 2,521 residues · 286,787 Da
- Also known as
- FAM38A · KIAA0233 · Membrane protein induced by beta-amyloid treatment · Mib · Protein FAM38A
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 03, 2024
Which approved drugs act on Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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