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SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1599900 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Li L Derider Michele M McCornack Melissa A MA Jao Shu-Chuan SC Isern Nancy N Ness Traci T Moyer Richard R LiWang Patricia J PJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060908 38
Chemokines (chemotactic cytokines) comprise a large family of proteins that recruit and activate leukocytes, giving chemokines a major role in both immune response and inflammation-related diseases. The poxvirus-encoded viral CC chemokine inhibitor (vCCI) binds to many CC chemokines with high affinity, acting as a potent inhibitor of chemokine action. We have used heteronuclear multidimensional NMR to determine the structure of an orthopoxvirus vCCI in complex with a human CC chemokine, MIP-1bet ...[more]