The chemorepulsive activity of the axonal guidance signal semaphorin D requires dimerization.
J Biol Chem
; 273(13): 7326-31, 1998 Mar 27.
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ABSTRACT
The axonal guidance signal semaphorin D is a member of a large family of proteins characterized by the presence of a highly conserved semaphorin domain of about 500 amino acids. The vertebrate semaphorins can be divided into four different classes that contain both secreted and membrane-bound proteins. Here we show that class III (SemD) and class IV semaphorins (SemB) form homodimers linked by intermolecular disulfide bridges. In addition to the 95-kDa form of SemD (SemD(95k)), proteolytic processing of SemD creates a 65-kDa isoform (SemD(65k)) that lacks the 33-kDa carboxyl-terminal domain. Although SemD(95k) formed dimers, the removal of the carboxyl-terminal domain resulted in the dissociation of SemD homodimers to monomeric SemD(65k). Mutation of cysteine 723, one of four conserved cysteine residues in the 33-kDa fragment, revealed its requirement both for the dimerization of SemD and its chemorepulsive activity. We suggest that dimerization is a general feature of sema- phorins which depends on class-specific sequences and is important for their function.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Glicoproteínas
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Fatores de Crescimento Neural
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1998
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Article