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Growth factor and co-receptor release by structural regulation of substrate metalloprotease accessibility.
Scientific reports - 23 Nov 2016
Parra Liseth M, Hartmann Monika, Schubach Salome, Ma Junzhi, Herrlich Peter, Herrlich Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Release of cytokines, growth factors and other life-essential molecules from precursors by a-disintegrin-and-metalloproteases (ADAMs) is regulated with high substrate-specificity. We hypothesized that this is achieved by cleavage-regulatory intracellular-domain (ICD)-modifications of the precursors. We show here that cleavage-stimuli-induced specific ICD-modifications cause structural substrate changes that...
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