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Crystallographic determination of the disease-associated T1184R variant of complement regulator factor H.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography - 1 Jul 2011
Morgan Hugh P, Jiang Jingzi, Herbert Andrew P, Kavanagh David, Uhrin Dušan, Barlow Paul N, Hannan Jonathan P
Abstract excerpt
The soluble 155 kDa glycoprotein factor H (FH) protects host tissue from damage by the human complement system. It accelerates decay of the alternative-pathway C3 convertase, C3bBb, and is a cofactor for factor I-mediated cleavage of the opsonin C3b. Numerous mutations and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) occur in the gene encoding FH and the resulting missense mutations and truncation products result in...
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