The following text describes a protein:
Function:
Component of a mechanosensitive channel required for rapidly adapting mechanically activated (MA) currents. Plays a major role in nociception (response to strong or painful touch). Required for maintaining the mechanosensitivity of tarsal bristle mechanosensors. During their evalulation of potential egg-laying sites, females determine the softest substrate for their eggs first by making a coarse evaluation of substrate hardness using mechanosensitive channels nan and Piezo in the leg tarsal bristles, followed by a much finer assessment using nan, iav and Tmc mechanosensitive channels on the labellum. Acts in the nompC- and nan-expressing neurons of the female leg tarsals, to sense the mild differences in egg-laying substrate stiffness.
Miscellaneous:
MISCELLANEOUS: Piezo comes from the Greek 'piesi' meaning pressure.
Subcellular Localization:
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
Sequence:
MVFSYACMVLQRIVVPAVLVLAALMRPVGISFVYLLMFFVSPFVPLATRRNFKGSVTAFFIILLTLSTLVLLGHITLQILAVSLTLPIYNCSFSERLLRHIGFVSFIDLQPFAIIEWLVPEVLVFATSLGSYLTVKRVASQPVGAEQLENGEVVDGQAENAQTSSQPSAADANGGDVQQATVTTPLQQQQQQLRKRVSMISQHIHFEGLVKISPLFCLATLFFAAVLRPSVPGGFYFLIFLLSGTYWATCQTLQRGFALLLRCVMVVLVLHSLSIVSYQTPWMQSHLNHTTLTARLIGLEPLIESYCSPDIRVFLYNNKLSLDSYLNPFALFFAYFALALTTKHLIKPRLVRQSTRKARTPQPLESGSSVAPSVTQRGNDMQLESMEQRSEQENTTTSILDQISYGFVSVGGFIYQNSYIFTNILMMAWSIVYHSWLTFVLLLSANVLWMIPNQRKAMMRSSPFIVLYAEALLIAQYIYGMDLNNEELPTSVPTAGINLQQIGFERPIENQMRPCVPLIVKTAFVLMFWVTSRQFFKEKRDRRRDSTLADFIAPLQITVGSAGSSYLINDGKKTSKFLKKAGDVIKNLLVRLWIWLLVLVIFLCAITGENMTGFRICYMALFLFFLLVFQSSSKAWVKIMYGFWLFLIFYAMSILILIYTYQFDKFDTYWSDYLNVSATLQKDIGLKRYQTKDLFLHLVSPTIIVILTVIQVHYFHKRFIASLQQQPLAGGSAQQKPTETTALEPAPSKRRGSAGSLRKSQGPSAEAAPGATTDFETSVRDLVRISFRKIKNKSEYIFKNFKDVFWRFLELHIMKAVYIAAFVCSVSEVCVLHIIFVGFCVLGATSRKAVQVVISRLISFIVTVIVLSKMIYQIEYLSHSQHNVVCSDNRTANNAEWIGLTKADKVTGGLMSLLRTYIIYMVIVTMHAVISLRQLQMRVKIGALNAPPTKLLFPNIIRADAEKDLVGLVKYLLNFGFYKFGIEISLIALVSTITYRQDIVAVVYALWLVVLLLLRRSQCAKIWGVFQAFFAISILTQYIVLVGLPPSSCLVFPWDEGPFGEGIQRWAMLPGALHFNHVPKLIFDFIVLVILNRQKSIFCIEQRYASNDDYPGGSNRSVIADIAQLGRVPFDNPTHDFCSYIRNYSDILKNGVLCGFYWFTLAVVFLAGTNIADLLALGYLIGAFIFLWQGSDFYLRPIHTIIFRWKWLLAFNVANILIKTSFQMAGCLFMTQLTKDCCWLVHMLGITCTSNVLTEQIMLPEEAELALKPGECPKITHQVVLLWDTICFAFIIFQLRIFKSHYFCHIITDTKANNILASRGADIIESLRHKQIAHRHDHEKQVLHKIKRKMERIRATQQKMLRPLDKQTHFDEHGYPLPAPTVRRRKEIKLHPHATRAGDYYMFEEMDDKFELDLIHDEIDFLEEENITESEMKMQRRKTLYDKSKDAPTGEFPSTSKGISKERDAATASSSASPAPTRDVGDLPVIPPPSTGLGREQTSKETSDSKSKMEVDSGEVTAKDSDEDFDTNPIIRLLEGFLVTLTIRLNRFSRNYRFVNRILAGEKKTLKESSSLNRLGLSSAAAMFHFLKSNLESDESEPPASSSTPRRVVIAPPNATEHSDPTSTTLNTNTTTTPLSPPEPLQPLQPLQPNTTSTPQQQHQHIRAAEEIIELPVDTVDGVAHRKQSINSSPPAKGAGEFNLEEENFAQRDHHIIVEVLISSWYALLANTDLICYIVVFINQVVNASLISLPLPIMVFLWGTLSLPRPTKTFWVTLIAYTQAIVLIKCIFQFKLIWSNYHQLPNQPLTPAKIFGVENKAHYAIYDLILLLVLFLHRYLLKSQGLWKSGYKDTDNQFTKPTASIDERDDSDNLSQPDSRQLNDDAAQKLSLQVSQASLPGSPEFSKTGINQLERTKYTSSLYKFFFSLVHKSRLATDVYALMFLCDFVNFFVLLFGFTAFGTQQTESDEGVQTYLAENKVPIPFLIMLLVQFLLIVIDRALYLRKALVNKIIFHFFSVIGIHIWMFFVVPAVTERTFNSLAPPIIFYVIKCFYMLLSSYQIKSGYPKRILGNFFTKGFSMVNMIAFKVYMQIPFLYELRTILDWVCIDSTMTIFDWLKMEDIFSNIYLIRCTRQSETDFPAMRAQKKASLSKLIMGGTIVLLIVICIWGPLCLFALGNAVGTSNVPFHVSLSIRIGPYDPIYTTNNYDSIFEINPEMYSQMTNAYIKEKQALTFIAGYDATDVAAVRLAGNSPSLWNIAPPDRQRLLNDLRNNHTLKARFSYSLTRKAPAKGLKENVGDEHAISLDESFEGRAALIHMLSETHDVEPIYSNGTTNGTTPEVEEVVVIPGMIPKFIKVLNSGDAAVVSVLSPKHYDYRPLVIKMHRDNETNGLWWEIRDYCNDTFYNETLSKFAYSNCTSGIVMYTFNDKKFPSTFSFLTAGGIIGLYTTFVLLASRFMKSFIGGQNRKIMFEDLPYVDRVLQLCLDIYLVREALEFALEEDLFAKLLFLYRSPETLIKWTRPKEEYVDDDGDTDSIPSRMSVRRPEQLQPQQPQ