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Alanine-scanning Mutagenesis of α-Helix D Segment of Interleukin-13 Reveals New Functionally Important Residues of the Cytokine
1 Nov 2002
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We documented that alpha-helices A, C, and D in human interleukin-13 (IL13) participate in interaction with its respective receptors. We hypothesized that alpha-helix D is the site II of the cytokine that binds IL13Ralpha1, a component of the normal tissue heterodimeric signaling IL13/4 receptor (IL13/4R), and that alpha-helix D independently binds a monomeric IL13Ralpha2 receptor, which is a non-signaling...
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