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An Arg307 to Gln polymorphism within the ATP-binding site causes loss of function of the human P2X7 receptor.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 23 Jul 2004
Gu Ben J, Sluyter Ronald, Skarratt Kristen K, Shemon Anne N, Dao-Ung Lan-Phuong, Fuller Stephen J, Barden Julian A, Clarke Alison L, Petrou Steven, Wiley James S
Abstract excerpt
The P2X(7) receptor is a ligand-gated channel that is highly expressed on mononuclear cells of the immune system and that mediates ATP-induced apoptosis. Wide variations in the function of the P2X receptor have been observed, explained in part by (7)loss-of-function polymorphisms that change Glu(496) to Ala (E496A) and Ile(568) to Asn (I568N). In this study, a third polymorphism, which substitutes an uncharged...
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