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Structural factors affecting the choice between latency transition and polymerization in inhibitory serpins.
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society - 1 May 2007
Yi Ji-Yeun, Im Hana
Abstract excerpt
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), a member of the serine protease inhibitor (serpin) protein family, is unique among the serpins in its conformational lability. This lability allows spontaneous conversion of the active form to a more stable, latent conformation under physiological conditions. In other serpins, polymerization, rather than latency transition, is induced under pathological conditions or...
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