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Structure-function relation of somatotropin with reference to molecular modeling.
Current protein & peptide science - 1 Jun 2007
Sami Amtul Jamil
Abstract excerpt
Somatotropin, commonly known as growth hormone (GH) is a polypeptide chain containing about 190 amino acid residues, produced by the pituitary gland in mammals and is responsible for a number of anabolic processes. It has two disulphide bridges, with 4 alpha helices arranged in anti-parallel distinctive manner. GH molecule binds with two receptor molecules to exhibit its full biological activity. In this review,...
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