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Effect of mutation and phosphorylation of type I keratins on their caspase-mediated degradation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Jul 2001
Ku N O, Omary M B
Abstract excerpt
Type I keratins K18 and K19 undergo caspase-mediated degradation during apoptosis. Two known K18 caspase cleavage sites are aspartates in the consensus sequences VEVDA and DALDS, located within the rod domain and tail domain, respectively. Several K14 (another type I keratin) mutations within the caspase cleavage motif have been described in patients with epidermolysis bullosa simplex. Here we use extensive...
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