The mutation Y1206S increases the affinity of the sulphonylurea receptor SUR2A for glibenclamide and enhances the effects of coexpression with Kir6.2.

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1. ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels) are tetradimeric complexes of inwardly rectifying K(+) channels (Kir6.x) and sulphonylurea receptors (SURs). The SURs SUR2A (cardiac) and SUR2B (smooth muscle) differ only in the last 42 amino acids. In SUR2B, the mutation Y1206S, located at intracellular loop 8, increases the affinity for glibenclamide (GBC) about 10-fold. Here, we examined whether the mutation...

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