Members of the WNK (with-no-lysine [K]) subfamily of protein kinases regulate various ion channels involved in sodium, potassium, and chloride homeostasis by either inducing their phosphorylation or regulating the number of channel proteins expressed at the cell surface. Here, we describe findings demonstrating that the cell surface expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is...
Previously, the pleiotropic “master kinase” casein kinase 2 (CK2) was shown to interact with CFTR, the protein responsible for cystic fibrosis (CF). Moreover, CK2 inhibition abolished CFTR conductance in cell-attached membrane patches, native epithelial ducts, and Xenopus oocytes. CFTR possesses two CK2 phosphorylation sites (S422 and T1471), with unclear impact on its processing and trafficking. Here, we inves...
Tese de mestrado em Bioquímica (Bioquímica Médica), apresentada à Universidade de Lisboa, através da Faculdade de Ciências, 2008 ; Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal monogenic autosomal recessive disease in the Caucasian population and is caused by dysfunction of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein, usually located at the apical membrane of epithelial cells. The m...
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