Mutations which impede loop/sheet polymerization enhance the secretion of human alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency variants.

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alpha 1-Antitrypsin plasma deficiency variants which form hepatic inclusion bodies within the endoplasmic pathway include the common Z variant (Glu342-->Lys) and the rarer alpha 1-antitrypsin Siiyama (Ser53-->Phe). It has been proposed that retention of both abnormal proteins is accompanied by a common mechanism of loop-sheet polymerization with the insertion of the reactive center loop of one molecule into a...

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