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Structural role of the conserved cysteines in the dimerization of the viral transmembrane oncoprotein E5.
Biophysical journal - 22 Sept 2010
Windisch Dirk, Hoffmann Silke, Afonin Sergii, Vollmer Stefanie, Benamira Soraya, Langer Birgid, Bürck Jochen, Muhle-Goll Claudia, Ulrich Anne S
Abstract excerpt
The E5 oncoprotein is the major transforming protein of bovine papillomavirus type 1. This 44-residue transmembrane protein can interact with the platelet-derived growth factor receptor β, leading to ligand-independent activation and cell transformation. For productive interaction, E5 needs to dimerize via a C-terminal pair of cysteines, though a recent study suggested that its truncated transmembrane segment can...
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