International Union of Pharmacology. XLIX. Nomenclature and Structure-Function Relationships of Transient Receptor Potential Channels

Abstract
The transient receptor potential (TRP[1][1]) ion channels are named after the role of the channels in Drosophila phototransduction. The mammalian genes are encoded by at least 28 channel subunit genes ([Fig. 1][2]) ([Clapham, 2003][3]; [Moran et al., 2004][4]). Six protein families comprise the