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The primary folding defect and rescue of ΔF508 CFTR emerge during translation of the mutant domain.
PloS one - 30 Nov 2010
Hoelen Hanneke, Kleizen Bertrand, Schmidt Andre, Richardson John, Charitou Paraskevi, Thomas Philip J, Braakman Ineke
Abstract excerpt
In the vast majority of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, deletion of residue F508 from CFTR is the cause of disease. F508 resides in the first nucleotide binding domain (NBD1) and its absence leads to CFTR misfolding and degradation. We show here that the primary folding defect arises during synthesis, as soon as NBD1 is translated. Introduction of either the I539T or G550E suppressor mutation in NBD1 partially...
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