Site-specific mutagenesis of the human interleukin-2 gene: structure-function analysis of the cysteine residues.
Site-specific mutagenesis of the human interleukin-2 gene: structure-function analysis of the cysteine residues.
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人白细胞介素 2 基因的位点特异性诱变:半胱氨酸残基的结构功能分析。
DOI:
10.1126/science.6427925
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发表时间:
1984
期刊:
影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
D. Mark
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
A. Wang;S. D. Lu;D. Mark
The gene encoding human interleukin-2 (IL-2) has been cloned from human spleen cells, peripheral blood lymphocytes, and the Jurkat cell line. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the gene revealed that the encoded IL-2 protein has three cysteines located at amino acid residues 58, 105, and 125 of the mature protein. Site-specific mutagenesis procedures were used to modify the IL-2 gene by changing each of the cysteine codons individually to serine codons. Substitution of serine for cysteine residues at either position 58 or 105 of the IL-2 protein substantially reduced biological activity, indicating that the cysteines at these positions are necessary for maintenance of the biologically active conformation and may therefore be linked by a disulfide bridge. The modified IL-2 protein containing a substitution at position 125 retained full biological activity, suggesting that the cysteine at this position is not involved in a disulfide bond and that a free sulfhydryl group at that position is not necessary for receptor binding.
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
Robb,RJ
通讯作者:
Robb,RJ