Nature Communications (May 2022)

Structural identification of vasodilator binding sites on the SUR2 subunit

  • Dian Ding,
  • Jing-Xiang Wu,
  • Xinli Duan,
  • Songling Ma,
  • Lipeng Lai,
  • Lei Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30428-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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SUR2-containing KATP channels are drug targets for certain vasodilators. Here, the authors determine high-resolution cryo-EM structures of SUR2 in complex with two vasodilators, P1075 and levcromakalim, uncovering the mechanisms of these drugs.