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SUBMITTER: de Wet H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2141895 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Wet Heidi H Rees Mathew G MG Shimomura Kenju K Aittoniemi Jussi J Patch Ann-Marie AM Flanagan Sarah E SE Ellard Sian S Hattersley Andrew T AT Sansom Mark S P MS Ashcroft Frances M FM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20071119 48
Gain-of-function mutations in the genes encoding the ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel subunits Kir6.2 (KCNJ11) and SUR1 (ABCC8) are a common cause of neonatal diabetes mellitus. Here we investigate the molecular mechanism by which two heterozygous mutations in the second nucleotide-binding domain (NBD2) of SUR1 (R1380L and R1380C) separately cause neonatal diabetes. SUR1 is a channel regulator that modulates the gating of the pore formed by Kir6.2. K(ATP) channel activity is inhibited by ...[more]