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Tailoring echistatin to possess higher affinity for integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3).
FEBS letters - 27 May 1996
Yamada T, Kidera A
Abstract excerpt
A mutant of echistatin, a disintegrin with a high affinity for the integrins, was constructed by substituting CRGDC for ARGDD in the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) region. The mutant was chemically synthesized, subjected to a folding process with air oxidation, and purified by reverse-phase HPLC. The peptide mapping and mass spectrometric analyses revealed that the two Cys residues introduced in the mutant are linked to each...
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