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Integrated biophysical studies implicate partial unfolding of NBD1 of CFTR in the molecular pathogenesis of F508del cystic fibrosis.
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society - 1 Oct 2010
Wang Chi, Protasevich Irina, Yang Zhengrong, Seehausen Derek, Skalak Timothy, Zhao Xun, Atwell Shane, Spencer Emtage J, Wetmore Diana R, Brouillette Christie G, Hunt John F
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The lethal genetic disease cystic fibrosis is caused predominantly by in-frame deletion of phenylalanine 508 in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). F508 is located in the first nucleotide-binding domain (NBD1) of CFTR, which functions as an ATP-gated chloride channel on the cell surface. The F508del mutation blocks CFTR export to the surface due to aberrant retention in the endoplasmic...
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