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Impaired interaction between the slide helix and the C-terminus of Kir2.1: a novel mechanism of Andersen syndrome.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Sept 2007
Decher Niels, Renigunta Vijay, Zuzarte Marylou, Soom Malle, Heinemann Stefan H, Timothy Katherine W, Keating Mark T, Daut Jürgen, Sanguinetti Michael C, Splawski Igor
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OBJECTIVE: Andersen syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutations of the potassium channel Kir2.1 (KCNJ2). We identified two unrelated patients with mutations in the slide helix of Kir2.1 leading to AS. The functional consequences of these two mutations, Y68D and D78Y, were studied...
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