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Modulation of the oligomerization of myelin proteolipid protein by transmembrane helix interaction motifs.
Biochemistry - 17 Aug 2010
Ng Derek P, Deber Charles M
Abstract excerpt
Proteolipid protein (PLP) is a highly hydrophobic 276-residue integral membrane protein that constitutes more than 50% of the total protein in central nervous system myelin. Previous studies have shown that this protein exists in myelin as an oligomer rather than as a monomer, and mutations in PLP that lead to neurological disorders such as Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and spastic paraplegia type 2 have been...
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