Abstract

ANP mutation causes reduced proteolysis

Highlights

  • A heterozygous frameshift mutation causing a 12 amino acid extension to the C-terminus of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) was recently genetically linked to patients with familial atrial fibrillation [1]

  • 4th International Conference of cGMP Generators, Effectors and Therapeutic Implications Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2210-9-S1-info.pdf

  • We measured the ability of fsANP to interact with natriuretic peptide receptors and to be proteolytically degraded

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Address: 1Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA and 2Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. 4th International Conference of cGMP Generators, Effectors and Therapeutic Implications Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2210-9-S1-info.pdf

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