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Frontiers in Research on Cystic Fibrosis: Understanding Its Molecular and Chemical Basis and Relationship to the Pathogenesis of the Disease

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In recent years a new family of transport proteins called ABC transporters has emerged. One member of this novel family, called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator), has received special attention because of its association with the disease cystic fibrosis (CF). This is an inherited disorder affecting about 1 in 2000 Caucasians by impairing epithelial ion transport, particularly that of chloride. Death may occur in severe cases because of chronic lung infections, especially by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which cause a slow decline in pulmonary function. The prospects of ameliorating the symptoms of CF and even curing the disease were greatly heightened in 1989 following the cloning of the CFTR gene and the discovery that the mutation (ΔF508), which causes most cases of CF, is localized within a putative ATP binding/ATP hydrolysis domain. The purpose of this introductory review in this minireview series is to summarize what we and others have learned during the past eight years about the structure and function of the first nucleotide binding domain (NBF1 or NBD1) of the CFTR protein and the effect thereon of disease-causing mutations. The relationship of these new findings to the pathogenesis of CF is also discussed.

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Ko, Y.H., Pedersen, P.L. Frontiers in Research on Cystic Fibrosis: Understanding Its Molecular and Chemical Basis and Relationship to the Pathogenesis of the Disease. J Bioenerg Biomembr 29, 417–427 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022402105375

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