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Disruption of an intermonomer salt bridge in the p53 tetramerization domain results in an increased propensity to form amyloid fibrils.
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society - 1 Dec 2005
Galea Charles, Bowman Prentice, Kriwacki Richard W
Abstract excerpt
We describe in molecular detail how disruption of an intermonomer salt bridge (Arg337-Asp352) leads to partial destabilization of the p53 tetramerization domain and a dramatically increased propensity to form amyloid fibrils. At pH 4.0 and 37 degrees C, a p53 tetramerization domain mutant (p53tet-R337H), associated with adrenocortical carcinoma in children, readily formed amyloid fibrils, while the wild-type...
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