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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2008

Structure of the integrin alphaIIb transmembrane segment.

Tong-Lay Lau, Varun Dua, Tobias S Ulmer

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tong-Lay LauDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
Varun Dua
Tobias S Ulmer
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Integrin Receptor Transmembrane SignalingR01HL089726 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ULMER, TOBIAS SEBASTIAN · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089726
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrin cell-adhesion receptors transduce signals bidirectionally across the plasma membrane via the single-pass transmembrane segments of each alpha and beta subunit. While the beta3 transmembrane segment consists of a linear 29-residue alpha-helix, the structure of the alphaIIb transmembrane segment reveals a linear 24-residue alpha-helix (Ile-966 -Lys-989) followed by a backbone reversal that packs Phe-992-Phe-993 against the transmembrane helix. The length of the alphaIIb transmembrane helix implies the absence of a significant transmembrane helix tilt in contrast to its partnering beta3 subunit. Sequence alignment shows Gly-991-Phe-993 to be fully conserved among all 18 human integrin alpha subunits, suggesting that their unusual structural motif is prototypical for integrin alpha subunits. The alphaIIb transmembrane structure demonstrates a level of complexity within the membrane that is beyond simple transmembrane helices and forms the structural basis for assessing the extent of structural and topological rearrangements upon alphaIIb-beta3 association, i.e. integrin transmembrane signaling.

Indexed as

Amino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceCell MembraneHumansMolecular Sequence DataPlatelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa ComplexPlatelet Membrane Glycoprotein IIbProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsSequence AlignmentSignal TransductionPlatelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa ComplexPlatelet Membrane Glycoprotein IIbProtein Subunits

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PMID18417472
PMCPMC3259656
OpenAlexW1973204293

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