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Functional effects of KCNJ11 mutations causing neonatal diabetes: enhanced activation by MgATP.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Sept 2005
Proks Peter, Girard Christophe, Ashcroft Frances M
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have shown that heterozygous mutations in KCNJ11, which encodes Kir6.2, the pore-forming subunit of the ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel, cause permanent neonatal diabetes either alone (R201C, R201H) or in association with developmental delay, muscle weakness and epilepsy (V59G,V59M). Functional analysis in the absence of Mg2+, to isolate the inhibitory effects of ATP on Kir6.2, showed that...
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