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A single amino acid residue is responsible for species-specific incompatibility between CCT and alpha-actin.
FEBS letters - 18 Feb 2009
Altschuler G M, Dekker C, McCormack E A, Morris E P, Klug D R, Willison K R
Abstract excerpt
Actin is dependent on the type-II chaperonin CCT (chaperonin containing TCP-1) to reach its native state. In vitro, yeast CCT folds yeast and also mammalian cytoplasmic (beta/gamma) actins but is now found to be incapable of folding mammalian skeletal muscle alpha-actin. Arrest of alpha-actin on...
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