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Structural requirements of KTS-disintegrins for inhibition of alpha(1)beta(1) integrin.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Jan 2009
Brown Meghan C, Eble Johannes A, Calvete Juan J, Marcinkiewicz Cezary
Abstract excerpt
Obtustatin and viperistatin represent the shortest known snake venom monomeric disintegrins. In the present study, we have produced recombinant full-length wild-type and site-directed mutants of obtustatin to assess the role of the K(21)TS(23) tripeptide and C-terminal residues for specific inhibition of the alpha(1)beta(1) integrin. Thr(22) appeared to be the most critical residue for disintegrin activity,...
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