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In vitro analysis of hGH secretion in the presence of mutations of amino acids involved in zinc binding.
Journal of molecular endocrinology - 1 Aug 2007
Iliev Daniel I, Wittekindt Nicola E, Ranke Michael B, Binder Gerhard
Abstract excerpt
Zinc (Zn(2+)) binding by human GH through amino acid residues His18, His21, and Glu174 has been described as a prerequisite for GH dimerization and storage in secretory granules. Our aim was to investigate in vitro whether disturbed Zn(2+) binding of mutant GH inhibits wild-type GH (wtGH) secretion and contributes to the pathogenetic mechanisms involved in dominantly transmitted isolated GH deficiency type II....
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