Furin cleavage activates the epithelial Na+ channel by relieving Na+ self-inhibition.
Sheng S, Carattino MD, Bruns JB, Hughey RP, Kleyman TR.
Sheng S, et al. Among authors: carattino md.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 Jun;290(6):F1488-96. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00439.2005. Epub 2006 Jan 31.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006.
PMID: 16449353
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We previously demonstrated that mutation of key residues within two furin cleavage consensus sites in alpha, or one site in gamma, blocked subunit proteolysis and inhibited channel activity when mutant channels were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes (Hughey RP, Bruns JB, Kinlou …
We previously demonstrated that mutation of key residues within two furin cleavage consensus sites in alpha, or one site in gamma, blocked s …