| Literature DB >> 3500515 |
B J Brandhuber1, T Boone, W C Kenney, D B McKay.
Abstract
Interleukin-2 is an effector protein that participates in modulating the immune response; it has become a focal point for the study of lymphokine structure and function. The three-dimensional structure of the interleukin molecule has been solved to 3.0 angstrom resolution. Interleukin-2 has a novel alpha-helical tertiary structure that suggests one portion of the molecule forms a structural scaffold, which underlies the receptor binding facets of the molecule.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3500515 DOI: 10.1126/science.3500515
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728