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Loop variants of the serpin thyroxine-binding globulin: implications for hormone release upon limited proteolysis.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Jul 2002
Grasberger Helmut, Golcher Henriette M B, Fingerhut Anja, Janssen Onno E
Abstract excerpt
Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) and corticosteroid-binding globulin are unique among non-inhibitory members of the superfamily of serine-proteinase inhibitors (serpins) in undergoing a dramatic increase in stability [stressed-to-relaxed (S-->R) transition] after proteolytic cleavage within their exposed reactive-site-loop (RSL) equivalent. This structural rearrangement involves the insertion of the cleaved loop...
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