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Thrombopoietin receptor activation: transmembrane helix dimerization, rotation, and allosteric modulation.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jul 2011
Matthews Erin E, Thévenin Damien, Rogers Julia M, Gotow Lisa, Lira Paul D, Reiter Lawrence A, Brissette William H, Engelman Donald M
Abstract excerpt
We report how rotational variations in transmembrane (TM) helix interactions participate in the activity states of the thrombopoietin receptor (TpoR), a type 1 cytokine receptor that controls the production of blood platelets. We also explore the mechanism of small-molecule agonists that do not mimic the natural ligand. We show, by a combination of cysteine cross-linking, alanine-scanning mutagenesis, and...
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