Structure-based assessment of disease-related mutations in human voltage-gated sodium channels. Author Weiyun Huang, Minhao Liu, S Frank Yan, Nieng Yan Publication Year 2017 Type Journal Article Abstract Voltage-gated sodium (Na) channels are essential for the rapid upstroke of action potentials and the propagation of electrical signals in nerves and muscles. Defects of Na channels are associated with a variety of channelopathies. More than 1000 disease-related mutations have been identified in Na channels, with Na1.1 and Na1.5 each harboring more than 400 mutations. Na channels represent major targets for a wide array of neurotoxins and drugs. Atomic structures of Na channels are required to understand their function and disease mechanisms. The recently determined atomic structure of the rabbit voltage-gated calcium (Ca) channel Ca1.1 provides a template for homology-based structural modeling of the evolutionarily related Na channels. In this Resource article, we summarized all the reported disease-related mutations in human Na channels, generated a homologous model of human Na1.7, and structurally mapped disease-associated mutations. Before the determination of structures of human Na channels, the analysis presented here serves as the base framework for mechanistic investigation of Na channelopathies and for potential structure-based drug discovery. Keywords Animals, Structure-Activity Relationship, Humans, Mutation, Rabbits, Protein Domains, Calcium Channels, L-Type, Channelopathies, NAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel, NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel, NAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Journal Protein Cell Volume 8 Issue 6 Pages 401-438 Date Published 2017 Jun ISSN Number 1674-8018 DOI 10.1007/s13238-017-0372-z Alternate Journal Protein Cell PMCID PMC5445024 PMID 28150151 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML