BiophysicsCell DiscoveryPeer-reviewed
Structural basis of connexin-36 gap junction channel inhibition
Xinyue Ding, Simone Aureli, Anand Vaithia…·Volodymyr M. Korkhov
The paper reports the cryo-EM structure of connexin-36 bound to mefloquine, revealing how small molecules inhibit gap junction channels by partially occluding the pore and altering electrostatics.
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