Structural study of TTR-52 reveals the mechanism by which a bridging molecule mediates apoptotic cell engulfment

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1339-1350

  Kang, Yanyong ^a   Zhao, Dongfeng ^b   Liang, Huanhuan ^a   Liu, Bin ^b   Zhang, Yan ^b   Liu, Qinwen ^b   Wang, Xiaochen ^b   Liu, Yingfang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptotic cell engulfment; Bridging molecule; Crystal structure; TTR 52

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; TTR 52; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84862596448     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.187815.112     Document Type: Article

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