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Evidence that cleavage of the thyrotropin receptor involves a "molecular ruler" mechanism: deletion of amino acid residues 305-320 causes a spatial shift in cleavage site 1 independent of amino acid motif.
Endocrinology - 1 Oct 2000
Tanaka K, Chazenbalk G D, McLachlan S M, Rapoport B
Abstract excerpt
Some TSH receptors (TSHR) on the cell surface cleave into A and B subunits. Cleavage at upstream Site 1 is followed by the proteolytic excision of an intervening C peptide region terminating at a downstream Site 2. Although present evidence suggests that Site 1 lies between amino acid residues 303 and 317, the mechanism and exact amino acid(s) involved in cleavage are unknown. Previous amino acid substitutions at...
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