The first cysteine-rich domain of the receptor GFRα1 stabilizes the binding of GDNF

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 817-824

  Virtanen, Heidi ^a   Yang, Jianmin ^a   Bespalov, Maxim M ^a   Hiltunen, Jukka O ^a   Leppänen, Veli Matti ^a   Kalkkinen, Nisse ^a   Goldman, Adrian ^a   Saarma, Mart ^a   Runeberg Roos, Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF); Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor family receptor 1 (GFR 1); Interaction; RET; Structure function

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ENZYMES; GROWTH KINETICS; NEUROLOGY; SCINTILLATION;

BINDING RECEPTORS; CYSTEINE-RICH DOMAINS; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; PHOSPHORYLATION;

CELLS;

CYSTEINE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR BINDING RECEPTOR ALPHA1; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; IODINE 125; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SURFACE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT; SCINTILLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 18844383394     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041257     Document Type: Article

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