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The presence of methionine or threonine at position 381 in vitronectin is correlated with proteolytic cleavage at arginine 379.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Jun 1990
Tollefsen D M, Weigel C J, Kabeer M H
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Vitronectin (serum spreading factor, complement S protein, epibolin) is a glycoprotein that mediates cell adhesion and interacts with components of the complement, coagulation, and fibrinolytic systems. It circulates in plasma as a 75-kDa single chain polypeptide and as a two-chain form consisting of 65- and 10-kDa polypeptides linked by a disulfide bond. An individual may have a predominance of the single chain...
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