basic FUNCTION
| potential melanoma suppressor |
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involved in sensing taste, ambient temperature, low pH, osmolarity, and chemical ligands |
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role for TRPM1-mediated Ca(2+) homeostasis, which is also regulated by ultraviolet B, in melanogenesis |
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ion channel whose function is critical to normal melanocyte pigmentation |
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important role for the normal function of ON bipolar cells in the human retina |
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GRM6-coupled cation channel in rod-bipolar cells, and is essential for the normal response of cone ON-bipolar cells |
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functional ion-conducting plasma membrane channels |
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expressed on the synaptic ribbons of a subclass of rods, suggesting a dual function for TRPM1 in the ON-pathway |
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is a cation-selective channel, and will therefore depolarize ON bipolar cells when it opens |
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light indirectly opens TRPM1 by reducing transmitter release from presynaptic photoreceptors, resulting in a decrease in GRM6 activation |
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is not essential for development of hearing or balance and it is unlikely that TRPM1 is a component of the hair cell MET channel |
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is essential for the light-induced depolarization of retinal ON bipolar cells |
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the underlying transduction cascade in the dendritic tips of ON-bipolar cells involves GRM6 signaling to TRPM1 proteins that are an indispensable part of the transduction channel |
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calcium channel that is essential for the depolarization of photo-responsive retinal bipolar cells |
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in retinal ON bipolar cells, Go couples the metabotropic receptor GRM6 to the TRPM1 channel and closes it in the dark, thus hyperpolarizing the cell |