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A three-dimensional model of the human transglutaminase 1: insights into the understanding of lamellar ichthyosis.
Journal of molecular modeling - 1 Jan 2007
Boeshans Karen M, Mueser Timothy C, Ahvazi Bijan
Abstract excerpt
The stratum corneum, the outer layer of the epidermis, serves as a protective barrier to isolate the skin from the external environment. Keratinocyte transglutaminase 1 (TGase 1) catalyzes amide crosslinking between glutamine and lysine residues on precursor proteins forming the impermeable layers of the epidermal cell envelopes (CE), the highly insoluble membranous structures of the stratum corneum. Patients...
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