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Specific locations of hydrophilic amino acids in constructed transmembrane ligands of the platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor.
Journal of molecular biology - 28 Jan 2005
Freeman-Cook Lisa L, Edwards Anne P B, Dixon Ann M, Yates Kristin E, Ely Lara, Engelman Donald M, Dimaio Daniel
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The 44 amino acid E5 transmembrane protein is the primary oncogene product of bovine papillomavirus. Homodimers of the E5 protein activate the cellular PDGF beta receptor tyrosine kinase by binding to its transmembrane domain and inducing receptor dimerization, resulting in cellular transformation. To investigate the role of transmembrane hydrophilic amino acids in receptor activation, we constructed a library of...
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