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COOH-terminal truncations and site-directed mutations enhance thermostability and chaperone-like activity of porcine alphaB-crystallin.
Molecular vision - 28 Jul 2009
Liao Jiahn-Haur, Lee Jiahn-Shing, Wu Shih-Hsiung, Chiou Shyh-Horng
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PURPOSE: The COOH-terminal extension segment of alphaB-crystallin, a member of small heat shock protein (sHSP) family, appears to be a flexible polypeptide segment susceptible to proteolytic truncation and modifications under physiological conditions. To investigate its role on the structure and...
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