Article
Structure function analysis of interleukin 7: requirement for an aromatic ring at position 143 of helix D.
Cytokine - 7 Mar 2002
vanderSpek Johanna C, Sutherland John A, Gill Brian M, Gorgun Gullu, Foss Francine M, Murphy John R
Abstract excerpt
The residues located at the carboxyl terminus of helix D in interleukin-7 (IL-7) have previously been targeted as important for recruitment and binding to the gamma chain component of the IL-7 receptor (IL-7R). In this study, Trp 143 of helix D was mutated to His, Phe, Tyr and Pro and these mutan...
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