The disease familial hyperkalemic hypertension (FHHt; also known as Gordon syndrome) is caused by aberrant accumulation of with-no-lysine kinase (WNK4) activating the NaCl cotransporter (NCC) in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) of the kidney. Mutations in cullin 3 (CUL3) cause FHHt by disrupting interaction with the deneddylase COP9 signalosome (CSN). Deletion of
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