Binding of IP3 to IP3 receptor

Stable Identifier
R-HSA-139941
Type
Reaction [binding]
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
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5/5
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The IP3 receptor (IP3R) is an intracellular calcium release channel that mobilizes Ca2+ from internal stores in the ER to the cytoplasm. Though its activity is stimulated by IP3, the principal activator of the IP3R is Ca2+. This process of calcium-induced calcium release is central to the mechanism of Ca2+ signalling. The effect of cytosolic Ca2+ on IP3R is complex: it can be both stimulatory and inhibitory and can the effect varies between IP3R isoforms. In general, the IP3Rs have a bell-shaped Ca2+ dependence when treated with low concentrations of IP3; low concentrations of Ca2+ (100–300 nM) are stimulatory but above 300 nM, Ca2+ becomes inhibitory and switches the channel off. The stimulatory effect of IP3 is to relieve Ca2+ inhibition of the channel, enabling Ca2+ activation sites to gate it.
Functionally the IP3 receptor is believed to be tetrameric, with results indicating that the tetramer is composed of 2 pairs of protein isoforms.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
11413485 The versatility and universality of calcium signalling

Berridge, MJ, Bootman, MD, Lipp, P

Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2000
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