KATP channels as molecular sensors of cellular metabolism.
In responding to cytoplasmic nucleotide levels, ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel activity provides a unique link between cellular energetics and electrical excitability. Over the past ten years, a steady drumbeat of crystallographic and electrophysiological studies has led to detailed structural and kinetic models that define the molecular basis of channel activity. In parallel, the uncovering of disease-causing mutations of K(ATP) has led to an explanation of the molecular basis of disease and, in turn, to a better understanding of the structural basis of channel function.
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. cnichols@cellbio.wustl.edu
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D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002477:Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000378:metabolism; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D009154:Mutation; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000378:metabolism; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors
D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate