1.A.6.2.2
Touch-responsive mechanosensitive degenerin channel complex (Mec-4/Mec-10 form the cation/Ca²⁺-permeable channel; Mec-2 and Mec-6 regulate) (Bianchi, 2007; Chelur et al., 2002; ). Mec-6 is a chaparone protein required for functional insertion (Matthewman et al. 2018). Mec-10 plays a role in the response to mechanical forces such as laminar shear stress (Shi et al. 2016). MEC-4 or MEC-10 mutants that alter the channel's LSS response are primarily clustered between the degenerin site and the selectivity filter, a region that likely forms the narrowest portion of the channel pore (Shi et al. 2018). TMS2 forms the Ca²⁺ channel of Mec-4.  A C-terminal domain affects trafficking of a neuronally expressed DEG/ENaC. Neuronal swelling occurs prior to commitment to necrotic death (Royal et al. 2005).