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Structure-based mapping of DAF active site residues that accelerate the decay of C3 convertases.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 22 Jun 2007
Kuttner-Kondo Lisa, Hourcade Dennis E, Anderson Vernon E, Muqim Nasima, Mitchell Lynne, Soares Dinesh C, Barlow Paul N, Medof M Edward
Abstract excerpt
Focused complement activation on foreign targets depends on regulatory proteins that decay the bimolecular C3 convertases. Although this process is central to complement control, how the convertases engage and disassemble is not established. The second and third complement control protein (CCP) modules of the cell surface regulator, decay-accelerating factor (DAF, CD55), comprise the simplest structure mediating...
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