These sequences are similar to a region conserved amongst various protein products of the transmembrane channel-like (TMC) gene family, such as Transmembrane channel-like protein 3 (Swiss:Q7TN63) and EVIN2 (Swiss:Q8IU68) - this region is termed the T ...
These sequences are similar to a region conserved amongst various protein products of the transmembrane channel-like (TMC) gene family, such as Transmembrane channel-like protein 3 (Swiss:Q7TN63) and EVIN2 (Swiss:Q8IU68) - this region is termed the TMC domain [1]. Mutations in these genes are implicated in a number of human conditions, such as deafness and epidermodysplasia verruciformis [1]. TMC proteins are thought to have important cellular roles, and may be modifiers of ion channels or transporters [2].