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The non-hydrolytic pathway of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator ion channel gating.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Oct 2000
Aleksandrov A A, Chang X, Aleksandrov L, Riordan J R
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel may utilize a novel gating mechanism in which open and closed states are not in thermodynamic equilibrium. This suggestion is based on the assumption that energy of ATP hydrolysis drives the gating cycle. We demonstrate that CFTR channel gating occurs in the absence of ATP hydrolysis and hence does not...
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