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Aspartate 698 within a novel cation binding motif in alpha 4 integrin is required for cell adhesion.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 Aug 1995
Ma L, Conrad P J, Webb D L, Blue M L
Abstract excerpt
The interactions of alpha 4 beta 1 integrin with vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) and fibronectin play important roles in many physiological and pathological processes. To understand the mechanism of alpha 4 beta 1 integrin-mediated cell adhesion, we made mutant alpha 4 constructs. Three aspartic acid (Asp) residues in alpha 4, Asp-489, Asp-698, and Asp-811, were replaced with glutamic acids (Glu). The...
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