Article
Role of Hydrophobic Amino-Acid Side-Chains in the Narrow Selectivity Filter of the CFTR Chloride Channel Pore in Conductance and Selectivity.
The Journal of membrane biology - 1 Dec 2023
Linsdell Paul
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) anion channel. Structural analysis of CFTR has identified a narrow, hydrophobic region close to the extracellular end of the open channel pore that may function as a selectivity filter. The present study combines comprehensive mutagenesis of hydrophobic amino-acid side-chains within the selectivity filter with...
Topics
- Chloride Channels
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Amino Acids
- Mutation
- Anions
