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Transthyretin: a review from a structural perspective.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Sept 2001
Hamilton J A, Benson M D
Abstract excerpt
Transthyretin (formerly called prealbumin) plays important physiological roles as a transporter of thyroxine and retinol-binding protein. X-ray structural studies have provided information on the active conformation of the protein and the site of binding of both ligands. Transthyretin is also one of the precursor proteins commonly found in amyloid deposits. Both wild-type and single-amino-acid-substituted...
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