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CFTR

CFTR is a salt channel on lung and gut cells. A broken CFTR causes cystic fibrosis, a lung and digestion disease.

CFTR: its AlphaFold model, drawn in one colour
Picture, in one colour: AlphaFold DB model v6 for UniProt P13569, from Fold Commons' snapshot of 2026-10-22. A prediction, not an experiment.

See it in 3D

Fun fact

New CFTR medicines help the broken protein fold into a better shape and work, so many people breathe easier.

Words to know

NGSS alignment

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P13569. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P13569.

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