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Analysis of normal and mutant iduronate-2-sulphatase conformation.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Mar 2005
Parkinson-Lawrence Emma, Turner Christopher, Hopwood John, Brooks Doug
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian sulphatases (EC 3.1.6) are a family of enzymes that have a high degree of similarity in amino acid sequence, structure and catalytic mechanism. IDS (iduronate-2-sulphatase; EC 3.1.6.13) is a lysosomal exo-sulphatase that belongs to this protein family and is involved in the degradation of the glycosaminoglycans heparan sulphate and dermatan sulphate. An IDS deficiency causes the lysosomal storage...
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