A Mutation in the TMD0-L0 Region of Sulfonylurea Receptor-1 (L225P) Causes Permanent Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus (PNDM)
Author(s) -
Ricard Masia,
Diva D. De León,
Courtney MacMullen,
Heather McKnight,
Charles A. Stanley,
Colin G. Nichols
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.219
H-Index - 330
eISSN - 1939-327X
pISSN - 0012-1797
DOI - 10.2337/db06-1746
Subject(s) - sulfonylurea receptor , sulfonylurea , mutation , nucleotide , gating , potassium channel , medicine , endocrinology , glibenclamide , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , biophysics , diabetes mellitus , gene
We sought to examine the molecular mechanisms underlying permanenent neonatal diabetes mellitus (PNDM) in a patient with a heterozygous de novo L225P mutation in the L0 region of the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR)1, the regulatory subunit of the pancreatic ATP-sensitive K(+) channel (K(ATP) channel).
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