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SUBMITTER: Song G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1455478 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Gang G Lazar Greg A GA Kortemme Tanja T Shimaoka Motomu M Desjarlais John R JR Baker David D Springer Timothy A TA
The Journal of biological chemistry 20051214 8
The interaction between integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) and its ligand intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is critical in immunological and inflammatory reactions but, like other adhesive interactions, is of low affinity. Here, multiple rational design methods were used to engineer ICAM-1 mutants with enhanced affinity for LFA-1. Five amino acid substitutions 1) enhance the hydrophobicity and packing of residues surrounding Glu-34 of ICAM-1, which coordinates to ...[more]