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A hydrophobic region locating at the center of fibroblast growth factor-9 is crucial for its secretion.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 8 Oct 1999
Miyakawa K, Hatsuzawa K, Kurokawa T, Asada M, Kuroiwa T, Imamura T
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-9 is a glycosylated neurotrophic polypeptide highly expressed in brain. The mechanism for its secretion from expressing cells is unclear, because its primary structure lacks a cleavable signal sequence. We, therefore, investigated the mechanism and structural requirements for secretion of FGF-9. As with other secreted proteins, in vitro translation of FGF-9 was inhibited by signal...
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