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The glaucoma-associated olfactomedin domain of myocilin is a novel calcium binding protein.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Dec 2012
Donegan Rebecca K, Hill Shannon E, Turnage Katherine C, Orwig Susan D, Lieberman Raquel L
Abstract excerpt
Myocilin is a protein found in the trabecular meshwork extracellular matrix tissue of the eye that plays a role in regulating intraocular pressure. Both wild-type and certain myocilin variants containing mutations in the olfactomedin (OLF) domain are linked to the optic neuropathy glaucoma. Because calcium ions are important biological cofactors that play numerous roles in extracellular matrix proteins, we...
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