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A single disulfide bond disruption in the β3 integrin subunit promotes thiol/disulfide exchange, a molecular dynamics study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Levin Lihie, Zelzion Ehud, Nachliel Esther, Gutman Menachem, Tsfadia Yossi, Einav Yulia
Abstract excerpt
The integrins are a family of membrane receptors that attach a cell to its surrounding and play a crucial function in cell signaling. The combination of internal and external stimuli alters a folded non-active state of these proteins to an extended active configuration. The β3 subunit of the platelet αIIbβ3 integrin is made of well-structured domains rich in disulfide bonds. During the activation process some of...
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