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Proteolytic processing of Caenorhabditis elegans SQT-1 cuticle collagen is inhibited in right roller mutants whereas cross-linking is inhibited in left roller mutants.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Nov 1999
Yang J, Kramer J M
Abstract excerpt
The sqt-1 gene encodes a C. elegans cuticle collagen that when defective can cause dramatic alterations of organismal morphology. Specific antisera were used to examine the assembly of wild-type and mutant SQT-1 in the cuticle. Wild-type SQT-1 chains associate into dimer, tetramer, and higher oligomers that are cross-linked by non-reducible, presumably tyrosine-derived, covalent bonds. The SQT-1 pattern differs...
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