TACAN is an essential component of the mechanosensitive ion channel responsible for pain sensing
Lou Beaulieu-Laroche, Marine Christin, AM Donoghue, Francina Agosti, Noosha Yousefpour, Hugues Petitjean, Albena Davidova, Craig Stanton, Uzair Khan, Connor D. Dietz, Élise Faure, Tarheen Fatima, Amanda MacPherson, Alfredo Ribeiro‐da‐Silva, Emmanuel Bourinet, , Reza Sharif‐Naeini
The paper identifies TACAN as an essential subunit of the mechanosensitive ion channel responsible for mechanical pain sensing.
bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2018 · PreprintNeuroscience