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Amino acid requirements for formation of the TGF-beta-latent TGF-beta binding protein complexes.
Journal of molecular biology - 7 Jan 2005
Chen Yan, Ali Tariq, Todorovic Vesna, O'leary Joanne M, Kristina Downing A, Rifkin Daniel B
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is secreted primarily as a latent complex consisting of the TGF-beta homodimer, the TGF-beta propeptides (called the latency-associated protein or LAP) and the latent TGF-beta binding protein (LTBP). Mature TGF-beta remains associated with LAP by non-covalent interactions that block TGF-beta from binding to its receptor. Complex formation between LAP and LTBP is mediated...
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