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Kinked collagen VI tetramers and reduced microfibril formation as a result of Bethlem myopathy and introduced triple helical glycine mutations.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Jan 2002
Lamandé Shireen R, Mörgelin Matthias, Selan Carly, Jöbsis G Joost, Baas Frank, Bateman John F
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the genes that code for collagen VI subunits, COL6A1, COL6A2, and COL6A3, are the cause of the dominantly inherited disorder, Bethlem myopathy. Glycine mutations that interrupt the Gly-X-Y repetitive amino acid sequence that forms the characteristic collagen triple helix have been defined in four families; however, the effects of these mutations on collagen VI biosynthesis, assembly, and structure...
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