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Detailed structure of mouse interferon α2 and its interaction with Sortilin.
Journal of biochemistry - 11 Oct 2021
Watanabe Honoka, Yabe-Wada Toshiki, Onai Nobuyuki, Unno Masaki
Abstract excerpt
Interferon α (IFNα) is a type I interferon, an essential cytokine employed by the immune system to fight viruses. Although a number of the structures of type I interferons have been reported, most of the known structures of IFNα are in complex with its receptors. There are only two examples of structures of free IFNα: one is a dimeric X-ray structure without side-chain information; and another is an NMR structure...
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