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SUBMITTER: Lambert LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2423259 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lambert Lester J LJ Bobkov Andrey A AA Smith Jeffrey W JW Marassi Francesca M FM
The Journal of biological chemistry 20080416 24
Integrin alpha2beta1 is a major receptor required for activation and adhesion of platelets, through the specific recognition of collagen by the alpha2-I domain (alpha2-I), which binds fibrillar collagen via Mg(2+)-bridged interactions. The crystal structure of a truncated form of the alpha2-I domain, bound to a triple helical collagen peptide, revealed conformational changes suggestive of a mechanism where the ligand-bound I domain can initiate and propagate conformational change to the full int ...[more]