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Receptor-selective determinants in catfish gonadotropin seat-belt loops.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 30 Sept 2004
Vischer Henry F, Marques Rute B, Granneman Joke C M, Linskens Maarten H K, Schulz Rüdiger W, Bogerd Jan
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian gonadotropins are highly selective. Charge differences between the Cys(10-11) sequence of FSHbeta and LHbeta/CGbeta seat-belt loops determine the ability of these hormones to interact with the LH-R. Selective FSH-R binding is mainly dependent on the presence of an FSHbeta-specific sequence between Cys(11-12) of the seat-belt loop. Intriguingly, African catfish LHbeta (cfLHbeta) lacks a positively...
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