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ArticleScience advances2018

Mechanisms of KCNQ1 channel dysfunction in long QT syndrome involving voltage sensor domain mutations.

Hui Huang, Georg Kuenze, Jarrod A Smith, Keenan C Taylor, Amanda M Duran, Arina Hadziselimovic, Jens Meiler, Carlos G Vanoye, Alfred L George, Charles R Sanders

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Article in Science advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui HuangDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2958-257X
Georg KuenzeCenter for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1799-346X
Jarrod A SmithDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0895-2922
Keenan C TaylorDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2885-2964
Amanda M DuranCenter for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2305-1049
Arina HadziselimovicDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5758-9328
Jens MeilerCenter for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Carlos G VanoyeDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Alfred L GeorgeDepartment of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Charles R SandersDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2046-2862
Vanderbilt University · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Decrypting Variants of Uncertain Significance in Long-QT SyndromeR01HL122010 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGE, ALFRED L., SANDERS, CHARLES R · 2014 to 2025
$15.5M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORT32NS007490 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI MEYER, JERROLD S · 2000 to 2009
$1.1M
Network-Attached Biomedical Research Data Management SystemS10RR031634 · NCRR · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, JARROD ANSON · 2011 to 2011
$600k
Upgrade of GE 3.0T SIGNA MRI Scanner for Enhanced NeuroimagingS10RR026677 · NCRR · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI HYDE, JAMES S · 2010 to 2010
$500k
GPU-Accelerated Parallel Computer for Drug Discovery ApplicationsS10OD020154 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, JARROD ANSON · 2015 to 2015
$225k
Structure Determination of the Closed-State Human K+ Channel, KCNQ1, Voltage Senor DomainF32GM117770 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI TAYLOR, KEENAN · 2016 to 2017
$111k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR026677NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR031634NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122010NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM117770NIH HHS S10 OD020154NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations that induce loss of function (LOF) or dysfunction of the human KCNQ1 channel are responsible for susceptibility to a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder, the congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS). Hundreds of

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Cell MembraneHEK293 CellsHumansKCNQ1 Potassium ChannelLeupeptinsLong QT SyndromeLoss of Function MutationMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMutant ProteinsMutationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteasome InhibitorsProtein DomainsProtein FoldingProtein Structure, SecondaryProteolysisbenzyloxycarbonylleucyl-leucyl-leucine aldehydeKCNQ1 Potassium ChannelLeupeptinsMutant ProteinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteasome Inhibitors

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PMID29532034
PMCPMC5842040
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