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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021 Jul 8;28(7):554–563. doi: 10.1038/s41594-021-00616-3

Fig 7. Working model of TRPV1 heat-activation.

Fig 7.

In the 1st transition, all subdomains (ARD/CD, S1-S4, and TRP) become contracted. In the 2nd transition, local conformational changes of the outer pore and S6 result in dilation of the selectivity filter and S6 gate, opening the channel.