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Phylogenetic and Functional Analysis of Histidine Residues Essential for pH-dependent Multimerization of von Willebrand Factor
19 May 2011
Abstract excerpt
von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a multimeric plasma protein that mediates platelet adhesion to sites of vascular injury. The hemostatic function of VWF depends upon the formation of disulfide-linked multimers, which requires the VWF propeptide (D1D2 domains) and adjacent D'D3 domains. VWF multimer assembly occurs in the trans-Golgi at pH ~ 6.2 but not at pH 7.4, which suggests that protonation of one or more His...
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