Transmembrane helical interactions in the CFTR channel pore.

Mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene affect CFTR protein biogenesis or its function as a chloride channel, resulting in dysregulation of epithelial fluid transport in the lung, pancreas and other organs in cystic fibrosis (CF). Development of pharmaceutica...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jhuma Das, Andrei A Aleksandrov, Liying Cui, Lihua He, John R Riordan, Nikolay V Dokholyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501672?pdf=render