A CLCA regulatory protein present in the chemosensory cilia of olfactory sensory neurons induces a Ca2+-activated Cl- current when transfected into HEK293.
Casilda V MuraRicardo DelgadoMaría Graciela DelgadoDiego RestrepoJuan BacigalupoPublished in: BMC neuroscience (2017)
These findings suggests that a CLCA isoform, namely CLCA4L, expressed in OSN cilia, might have a regulatory function over the ANO2-dependent Ca2+-activated Cl- channel involved in odor transduction.