Armadillo motifs involved in vesicular transport.
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SUBMITTER: Striegl H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2813876 | biostudies-literature | 2010
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Armadillo motifs involved in vesicular transport.
Striegl Harald H Andrade-Navarro Miguel A MA Heinemann Udo U
PloS one 20100201 2
Armadillo (ARM) repeat proteins function in various cellular processes including vesicular transport and membrane tethering. They contain an imperfect repeating sequence motif that forms a conserved three-dimensional structure. Recently, structural and functional insight into tethering mediated by the ARM-repeat protein p115 has been provided. Here we describe the p115 ARM-motifs for reasons of clarity and nomenclature and show that both sequence and structure are highly conserved among ARM-repe ...[more]
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