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Transport of meprin subunits through the secretory pathway: role of the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains and oligomerization.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 Aug 2004
Hengst Jeremy A, Bond Judith S
Abstract excerpt
The meprin alpha subunit, a multidomain metalloproteinase, is synthesized as a type I membrane protein and proteolytically cleaved during biosynthesis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), consequently losing its membrane attachment and COOH-terminal domains. The meprin alpha subunit is secreted as a disulfide-linked dimer that forms higher oligomers. By contrast, the evolutionarily related meprin beta subunit...
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