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Claudin-2 pore function requires an intramolecular disulfide bond between two conserved extracellular cysteines.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 15 Jul 2013
Li Jiahua, Angelow Susanne, Linge Anna, Zhuo Min, Yu Alan S L
Abstract excerpt
Claudins constitute a family of tight junction transmembrane proteins whose first extracellular loop (ECL1) determines the paracellular permeability and ion selectivity in epithelia. There are two cysteines in the ECL1 that are conserved among all claudins. We hypothesized that these extracellula...
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