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Packing density of the erythropoietin receptor transmembrane domain correlates with amplification of biological responses.
Biochemistry - 11 Nov 2008
Becker Verena, Sengupta Durba, Ketteler Robin, Ullmann G Matthias, Smith Jeremy C, Klingmüller Ursula
Abstract excerpt
The formation of signal-promoting dimeric or oligomeric receptor complexes at the cell surface is modulated by self-interaction of their transmembrane (TM) domains. To address the importance of TM domain packing density for receptor functionality, we examined a set of asparagine mutants in the TM domain of the erythropoietin receptor (EpoR). We identified EpoR-T242N as a receptor variant that is present at the...
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