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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2009

Review. SUR1: a unique ATP-binding cassette protein that functions as an ion channel regulator.

Jussi Aittoniemi, Constantina Fotinou, Tim J Craig, Heidi de Wet, Peter Proks, Frances M Ashcroft

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In one paragraph

Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sulfonylurea drugs for people with severe hemispheric ischemic stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  4. Dynamic duo: Kir6 and SUR in KChannels (Austin, Tex.) · 2024
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  13. KAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2022
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  19. Molecular structure of an open human KProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  20. Sulfonylurea Receptor 1 in Central Nervous System Injury: An Updated Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jussi AittoniemiDepartment of Physiology, Henry Wellcome Centre for Gene Function, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
Constantina Fotinou
Tim J Craig
Heidi de Wet
Peter Proks
Frances M Ashcroft
University of Oxford · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GBGoogle (United States) · US

Funding

Wellcome Trust 084655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SUR1 is an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter with a novel function. In contrast to other ABC proteins, it serves as the regulatory subunit of an ion channel. The ATP-sensitive (KATP) channel is an octameric complex of four pore-forming Kir6.2 subunits and four regulatory SUR1 subunits, and it links cell metabolism to electrical activity in many cell types. ATPase activity at the nucleotide-binding domains of SUR results in an increase in KATP channel open probability. Conversely, ATP binding to Kir6.2 closes the channel. Metabolic regulation is achieved by the balance between these two opposing effects. Precisely how SUR1 talks to Kir6.2 remains unclear, but recent studies have identified some residues and domains that are involved in both physical and functional interactions between the two proteins. The importance of these interactions is exemplified by the fact that impaired regulation of Kir6.2 by SUR1 results in human disease, with loss-of-function SUR1 mutations causing congenital hyperinsulinism and gain-of-function SUR1 mutations leading to neonatal diabetes. This paper reviews recent data on the regulation of Kir6.2 by SUR1 and considers the molecular mechanisms by which SUR1 mutations produce disease.

Indexed as

ATP-Binding Cassette TransportersDiabetes MellitusHumansKcnj11 ChannelModels, MolecularMutationPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingProtein ConformationReceptors, DrugSulfonylurea ReceptorsABCC8 protein, humanATP-Binding Cassette TransportersKcnj11 ChannelPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingReceptors, DrugSulfonylurea Receptors

Identifiers

PMID18990670
PMCPMC2674095
OpenAlexW2162016919

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