KATP channels regulate insulin secretion and are activated by PIP2. Here, the authors show PIP2 binds between SUR1 and Kir6.2 to open the channel, and a neonatal diabetes mutation stabilizes KATP channels in a PIP2-bound open conformation.
- Camden M. Driggers
- Yi-Ying Kuo
- Show-Ling Shyng