Article
A silent H-bond can be mutationally activated for high-affinity interaction of BMP-2 and activin type IIB receptor.
BMC structural biology - 12 Feb 2007
Weber Dionys, Kotzsch Alexander, Nickel Joachim, Harth Stefan, Seher Axel, Mueller Uwe, Sebald Walter, Mueller Thomas D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are key regulators in the embryonic development and postnatal tissue homeostasis in all animals. Loss of function or dysregulation of BMPs results in severe diseases or even lethality. Like transforming growth factors beta (TGF-betas), activins, growth and differentiation factors (GDFs) and other members of the TGF-beta superfamily, BMPs signal by assembling two...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
