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- * Myelin basic protein signature *
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- Myelin basic protein (MBP) [1,2] is an important hydrophilic protein which may
- function to maintain proper structure of myelin. MBP interacts with myelin
- lipids both electrostatically and by hydrophobic interactions.
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- In mammals various forms of MBP exist which are produced by the alternative
- splicing of a single gene; these forms differ by the presence or the absence
- of short (10 to 20 residues) peptides in various internal locations in the
- sequence. The major form of MBP is generally a protein of about 18.5 Kd (170
- residues).
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- MBP is the target of many post-translational modifications: it is N-terminally
- acetylated, methylated on an arginine residue, phosphorylated by various
- serine/threonine protein-kinases, and deamidated on some glutamine residues.
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- As a signature pattern for MBP we selected the best conserved part of the
- protein, a perfectly conserved heptapeptide.
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- -Consensus pattern: V-V-H-F-F-K-N
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: December 1991 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Deber C.M., Reynolds S.J.
- Clin. Biochem. 24:113-134(1991).
- [ 2] Inouye H., Kirschner D.A.
- J. Neurosci. Res. 28:1-17(1991).
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