BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development
Type
Blog Post
Published
June 26, 2018, 1:33 p.m.
... However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms behind the immune defects in CDG patients are still poorly...Arg) amino acids more frequently than any other. Indeed, nearly 20% of the single missense mutant alleles...could improve health outcomes for millions of individuals worldwide.Arg is unique among amino acids in ...Rescue occurs through guanidinium cation (Gdm+) binding in the location formerly occupied by the Arg sidechain...) because, at high concentrations (25 mM), Gdm+ binds to and inhibits a potassium channel, causing release...:
Baldwin, Enoch, et al. "Generation of ligand binding sites in T4 lysozyme by deficiency-creating substitutions...