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Structural Insights into the Unique Activation Mechanisms of a Non-classical Calpain and Its Disease-Causing Variants.
Cell reports - 21 Jan 2020
Velez Gabriel, Sun Young Joo, Khan Saif, Yang Jing, Herrmann Jonathan, Chemudupati Teja, MacLaren Robert E, Gakhar Lokesh, Wakatsuki Soichi, Bassuk Alexander G, Mahajan Vinit B
Abstract excerpt
Increased calpain activity is linked to neuroinflammation including a heritable retinal disease caused by hyper-activating mutations in the calcium-activated calpain-5 (CAPN5) protease. Although structures for classical calpains are known, the structure of CAPN5, a non-classical calpain, remains undetermined. Here we report the 2.8 Å crystal structure of the human CAPN5 protease core (CAPN5-PC). Compared to...
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