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- * Cell attachment sequence *
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- The sequence Arg-Gly-Asp, found in fibronectin, is crucial for its interaction
- with its cell surface receptor, an integrin [1,2]. What has been called the
- 'RGD' tripeptide is also found in the sequences of a number of other proteins,
- where it has been shown to play a role in cell adhesion. These proteins are:
- some forms of collagens, fibrinogen, vitronectin, von Willebrand factor (VWF),
- snake disintegrins, and slime mold discoidins. The 'RGD' tripeptide is also
- found in other proteins where it may also, but not always, serve the same
- purpose.
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- -Consensus pattern: R-G-D
- -Last update: December 1991 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Ruoslahti E., Pierschbacher M.D.
- Cell 44:517-518(1986).
- [ 2] d'Souza S.E., Ginsberg M.H., Plow E.F.
- Trends Biochem. Sci. 16:246-250(1991).
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