Mutagenesis at the α-β Interface impairs the cleavage of the dystroglycan precursor

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4933-4945

  Sciandra, Francesca ^a   Bozzi, Manuela ^a   Morlacchi, Simona ^a,b   Galtieri, Antonio ^b   Giardina, Bruno ^a   Brancaccio, Andrea ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alanine scanning; Dystroglycan; Dystroglycan precursor; Laminin binding; Post translational processing

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; BETA DYSTROGLYCAN; LAMININ; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; DYSTROGLYCANS; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 68849107332     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07196.x     Document Type: Article

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