Thrombopoietin receptor activation: transmembrane helix dimerization, rotation, and allosteric modulation
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Thrombopoietin receptor activation: transmembrane helix dimerization, rotation, and allosteric modulation.
We report how rotational variations in transmembrane (TM) helix interactions participate in the activity states of the thrombopoietin receptor (TpoR), a type 1 cytokine receptor that controls the production of blood platelets. We also explore the mechanism of small-molecule agonists that do not mimic the natural ligand. We show, by a combination of cysteine cross-linking, alanine-scanning mutag...
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عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-178673