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Functional organization of cytoplasmic portals controlling access to the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel pore.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 Apr 2018
Li Man-Song, Cowley Elizabeth A, El Hiani Yassine, Linsdell Paul
Abstract excerpt
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a Cl- channel that apparently has evolved from an ancestral active transporter. Key to the CFTR's switch from pump to channel function may have been the appearance of one or more "lateral portals." Such portals connect the cytoplasm to the transmembrane channel pore, allowing a continuous pathway for the electrodiffusional movement of Cl- ions....
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