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Facts about Short transient receptor potential channel 6.
Activated by diacylglycerol (DAG) in a membrane-delimited fashion, independently of protein kinase C (PubMed:26892346). Seems not to be activated by intracellular calcium store depletion.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TRPC6 |
| Uniprot: | Q9Y210 |
| Entrez: | 7225 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| transient receptor (TC 1.A.4) family |

FLJ11098; FSGS2; short transient receptor potential channel 6; transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 6; Transient receptor protein 6; TRP-6; TRP6FLJ14863; TrpC6
Mass (kDA):
106.326 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q22.1 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (101451470..101584007, complement) |
Expressed primarily in placenta, lung, spleen, ovary and small intestine. Expressed in podocytes and is a component of the glomerular slit diaphragm.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.






PMID: 9930701 by Hofmann T., et al. Direct activation of human TRPC6 and TRPC3 channels by diacylglycerol.
PMID: 9925922 by D'Esposito M., et al. Identification and assignment of the human transient receptor potential channel 6 gene TRPC6 to chromosome 11q21-22.
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