Storage Form (24-mer) and Active Forms of αB-Crystallin (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Storage Form (24-mer) and Active Forms of αB-Crystallin

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When a cell is exposed to stress phosphate groups are attached to a specific region of the storage form of αB-crystallin breaking it up into smaller, more flexible units. They are the active forms which can protect other proteins from clumping together.

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Dr. Sevil Weinkauf / TUM

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