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Mapping the functional domains of TCblR/CD320, the receptor for cellular uptake of transcobalamin-bound cobalamin.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Aug 2013
Jiang Wenxia, Nakayama Yasumi, Sequeira Jeffrey M, Quadros Edward V
Abstract excerpt
The membrane receptor TCblR/CD320 binds transcobalamin (TC) saturated with vitamin B12 [cobalamin (Cbl)] and mediates cellular uptake of the vitamin. The specificity of TC for Cbl and of the receptor for TC-Cbl ensures efficient uptake of Cbl into cells. The high-affinity interaction of TCblR with TC-Cbl (Ka=10 nM(-1)) was investigated using deletions and mutations of amino acid sequences in TCblR. Only the...
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