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SUBMITTER: Brown KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5654846 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Kyle L KL Cummings Christopher F CF Vanacore Roberto M RM Hudson Billy G BG
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 20171101 11
Collagen IV scaffolds assemble through an intricate pathway that begins intracellularly and is completed extracellularly. Multiple intracellular enzymes act in concert to assemble collagen IV protomers, the building blocks of collagen IV scaffolds. After being secreted from cells, protomers are activated to initiate oligomerization, forming insoluble networks that are structurally reinforced with covalent crosslinks. Within these networks, embedded binding sites along the length of the protomer ...[more]