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The first clinical case of a mutation at residue K185 of Kir6.2 (KCNJ11): a major ATP-binding residue.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Feb 2010
Shimomura K, de Nanclares G P, Foutinou C, Caimari M, Castaño L, Ashcroft F M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Closure of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel plays a key role in insulin secretion from the pancreatic beta-cells. Many mutations in KCNJ11 and ABCC8, which respectively encode the pore-forming (Kir6.2) and regulatory (SUR1) subunits of the K(ATP) channel, cause neonatal diabetes. All such mutations impair the ability of metabolically generated ATP to close the...
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