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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

The pentameric chloride channel BEST1 is activated by extracellular GABA.

Swati Pant, Stephanie W Tam, Stephen B Long

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Swati PantStructural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065.ORCID 0000-0002-8706-2073
Stephanie W TamStructural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065.ORCID 0000-0001-5395-9408
Stephen B LongStructural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065.ORCID 0000-0002-8144-1398

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCCAT: National Center for CryoEM Access and Training- Supplement for Windows 10 and FFIU24GM129539 · NIGMS · NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER · PI DE MARCO, ALEX, KIEFT, JEFFREY S · 2018 to 2023
$53.9M
NCCAT: National Center for CryoEM Access and TrainingR24GM154192 · NIGMS · NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER · PI EDWARD T ENG, Jeffrey S Kieft · 2024 to 2026
$21.0M
Mechanisms of Ion Channels in Calcium SignalingR35GM131921 · NIGMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Stephen Barstow Long · 2019 to 2026
$7.4M
Molecular Biophysics Training ProgramT32GM132081 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Olga Boudker, David Eliezer · 2020 to 2026
$1.3M
American Heart Association (AHA) 25PRE1373036HHS | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P30CA008748HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 5T32GM132081HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R24GM154192HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM131921HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) U24GM129539NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM154192NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131921NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132081NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129539Simons Foundation (SF) SF349247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bestrophin-1 (BEST1) is a chloride channel expressed in the eye and other tissues of the body. A link between BEST1 and the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter

Indexed as

BestrophinsChloride Channelsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidAnimalsBinding SitesCalciumChickensHEK293 CellsHumansIon Channel GatingReceptors, GABA-ABEST1 protein, humanBestrophinsCalciumChloride Channelsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidReceptors, GABA-Aactivationbestrophinchloride channelGABAreceptor

Identifiers

PMID40249777
PMCPMC12037058

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