The C345c Domain of C5 Recombinant Factor I Modules of C7 Bind to Complement Components C5 and C7
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Recombinant C345C and factor I modules of complement components C5 and C7 inhibit C7 incorporation into the complement membrane attack complex.
Complement component C5 binds to components C6 and C7 in reversible reactions that are distinct from the essentially nonreversible associations that form during assembly of the complement membrane attack complex (MAC). We previously reported that the approximately 150-aa residue C345C domain (also known as NTR) of C5 mediates these reversible reactions, and that the corresponding recombinant mo...
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