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Aliases | HVCN1 , HV1, VSOP, hydrogen voltage gated channel 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 611227; MGI: 1921346; HomoloGene: 12535; GeneCards: HVCN1; OMA:HVCN1 - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voltage-gated hydrogen channel 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HVCN1 gene.
Voltage-gated hydrogen channel 1 is a voltage-gated proton channel that has been shown to allow proton transport into phagosomes [5] [6] and out of many types of cells including spermatozoa, electrically excitable cells and respiratory epithelial cells. [7] The proton-conducting HVCN1 channel has only transmembrane domains corresponding to the S1-S4 voltage sensing domains (VSD) of voltage-gated potassium channels and voltage-gated sodium channels. [8] Molecular simulation is consistent with a water-filled pore that can function as a "water wire" for allowing hydrogen bonded H+ to cross the membrane. [9] [10] However, mutation of Asp112 in human Hv1 results in anion permeation, suggesting that obligatory protonation of Asp produces proton selectivity. [11] Quantum mechanical calculations show that the Asp-Arg interaction can produce proton selective permeation. [12] The HVCN1 protein has been shown to exist as a dimer with two functioning pores. [13] [14] Like other VSD channels, HVCN1 channels conduct ions about 1000-fold slower than channels formed by tetrameric S5-S6 central pores. [15]
Small molecule inhibitors of the HVCN1 channel are being developed as chemotherapeutics and anti-inflammatory agents. [16]