TRPC6

Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 6

Identifiers

TRPC6; FLJ11098; FLJ14863; FSGS2; TRP6

External IDs

Gene ontology
Molecular Function:	• ion channel activity • calcium ion binding • protein binding • store-operated calcium channel activity • cation channel activity
Cellular Component:	• plasma membrane • integral to membrane
Biological Process:	• cation transport • calcium ion transport • elevation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration

Orthologs

Human

Mouse

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Refseq

NM_004621 (mRNA)
NP_004612 (protein)

NM_013838 (mRNA)
NP_038866 (protein)

Location

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Pubmed search

Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 6, also known as TRPC6, is a human gene.

TRPC6 is a transient receptor potential ion channel associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Winn MP, Conlon PJ, Lynn KL, et al (2005). "A mutation in the TRPC6 cation channel causes familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis". Science 308 (5729): 1801–4. doi:10.1126/science.1106215. PMID 15879175.

Heiner I, Eisfeld J, Lückhoff A (2004). "Role and regulation of TRP channels in neutrophil granulocytes.". Cell Calcium 33 (5-6): 533–40. PMID 12765698.
Walz G (2006). "Slit or pore? A mutation of the ion channel TRPC6 causes FSGS.". Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20 (9): 1777–9. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh961. PMID 15998650.
Clapham DE, Julius D, Montell C, Schultz G (2006). "International Union of Pharmacology. XLIX. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of transient receptor potential channels.". Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 427–50. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.6. PMID 16382100.
Schlöndorff JS, Pollak MR (2007). "TRPC6 in glomerular health and disease: what we know and what we believe.". Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 17 (6): 667–74. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.11.003. PMID 17116414.
Dietrich A, Gudermann T (2007). "TRPC6.". Handb Exp Pharmacol (179): 125–41. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34891-7_7. PMID 17217054.

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v • d • e Membrane transport protein: ion channels

Ca²⁺: Calcium channel	Voltage-dependent calcium channel (L-type/Ca_vα(1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4), N-type, P-type/Ca_vα(2.1), Q-type, R-type, T-type, α₂δ-subunits (1, 2), β-subunits (β1, β2, β3, β4), γ-subunits (γ1, γ2, γ3, γ4) Inositol triphosphate receptor • Ryanodine receptor • Cation channels of sperm • Two-pore channel

Na⁺: Sodium channel	Na_vα (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 7A) • Na_vβ (1, 2, 3, 4) • Epithelial sodium channel

K⁺: Potassium channel	Voltage-gated (K_vα (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 3.1, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 9.3, 10.1, 11.1/hERG) • K_vβ (1, 2), Shaker gene, KCNE1) Calcium-activated (BK channel: α1, β1, β2, β3, β4; SK channel: SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4) Inward-rectifier K_ir (1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, GIRK, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1) Tandem pore domain K2P (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 15, 17)

Cl^-: Chloride channel	Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Porin	Aquaporin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9) • Voltage-dependent anion channel (1)

Cations: TRP	TRPA (1) • TRPC (1, 2, 3, 4, 4AP, 5, 6, 7) • TRPM (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) • TRPML (Mucolipin-1) • TRPP (1, 2) • TRPV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Other/general	Voltage-gated ion channel • Ligand-gated ion channel • Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel (α1, α2, α3, β1, β3, H1, H2, H3, H4) • Stretch-activated ion channel