Chunlei Cang

Dr. Chunlei Cang

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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 February 2013 in Cell
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CCChunlei Cang
Chunlei Cang
YZYandong Zhou
Yandong Zhou
BNBetsy Navarro
Betsy Navarro
YSYoung-Jun Seo
Young-Jun Seo
KAKimberly Aranda
Kimberly Aranda
DRDejian Ren
Dejian Ren

1 August 2015 in Cell
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CCChunlei Cang
Chunlei Cang
KAKimberly Aranda
Kimberly Aranda
YSYoung-Jun Seo
Young-Jun Seo
BGBruno Gasnier
Bruno Gasnier
DRDejian Ren
Dejian Ren

21 December 2015 in Nature
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JGJiangtao Guo
Jiangtao Guo
WZWeizhong Zeng
Weizhong Zeng
QCQingfeng Chen
Qingfeng Chen
CLChangkeun Lee
Changkeun Lee
LCLiping Chen
Liping Chen
YJYouxing Jiang
Youxing Jiang
Two-pore channels (TPCs) contain two copies of a Shaker-like six-transmembrane (6-TM) domain in each subunit and are ubiquitously expressed in both animals and plants as organellar cation channels. Here we present the crystal structure of a vacuolar two-pore channel from Arabidopsis thaliana, AtTPC1, which functions as a homodimer. AtTPC1 activation requires both voltage and cytosolic Ca2+. Ca2+ binding to the cytosolic EF-hand domain triggers conformational changes coupled to the pair of pore-lining inner helices from the first 6-TM domains, whereas membrane potential only activates the second voltage-sensing domain, the conformational changes of which are coupled to the pair of inner helices from the second 6-TM domains. Luminal Ca2+ or Ba2+ can modulate voltage activation by stabilizing the second voltage-sensing domain in the resting state and shift voltage activation towards more positive potentials. Our Ba2+-bound AtTPC1 structure reveals a voltage sensor in the resting state, providing hitherto unseen structural insight into the general voltage-gating mechanism among voltage-gated channels.

28 April 2014 in Nature Chemical Biology
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CCChunlei Cang
Chunlei Cang
BBBiruk Bekele
Biruk Bekele
DRDejian Ren
Dejian Ren

27 January 2021 in Nature
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JWJinhong Wie
Jinhong Wie
ZLZhenjiang Liu
Zhenjiang Liu
HSHaikun Song
Haikun Song
TTThomas F. Tropea
Thomas F. Tropea
LYLu Yang
Lu Yang
DRDejian Ren
Dejian Ren

20 July 2017 in Nature Protocols
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CCCheng-Chang Chen
Cheng-Chang Chen
CCChunlei Cang
Chunlei Cang
SFStefanie Fenske
Stefanie Fenske
EBElisabeth Butz
Elisabeth Butz
YCYu-Kai Chao
Yu-Kai Chao
CGChristian Grimm
Christian Grimm