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Solubilizing mutations used to crystallize one CFTR domain attenuate the trafficking and channel defects caused by the major cystic fibrosis mutation.
Chemistry & biology - 1 Jan 2008
Pissarra Luísa S, Farinha Carlos M, Xu Zhe, Schmidt André, Thibodeau Patrick H, Cai Zhiwei, Thomas Philip J, Sheppard David N, Amaral Margarida D
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl(-) channel. F508del, the most frequent CF-causing mutation, disrupts both the processing and function of CFTR. Recently, the crystal structure of the first nucleotide-binding domain of CFTR bearing F508del (F508del-NBD1) was elucidated. Although F508del-NBD1 shows only minor conformational changes relative to that...
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