Article
Platelet-derived growth factor AB heterodimer interchain interactions influence secretion as well as receptor binding and activation.
Biochemistry - 2 Nov 1993
May M, Aaronson S A, LaRochelle W J
Abstract excerpt
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a disulfide-linked dimer comprised of two related polypeptide chains. To investigate the effects of an inactivating lesion introduced into one chain of the nascent PDGF dimer, approaches were developed to optimize synthesis, assembly, secretion, and purification of heterodimers between normal PDGF A and wild-type or mutant PDGF B. PDGF AB heterodimers were released into...
Topics
- 3T3 Cells
- Animals
- Biopolymers
- Cell Line
- Humans
- Mice
- Mitosis
- Mutation
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
