CONFORMATION AND MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY OF POLYPEPTIDE HORMONES .2. GLUCAGON

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BLUNDELL, T
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[1] Tom Blundell is at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London WCIE 7HX, Malet Street
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10.1016/0968-0004(79)90187-7
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Monomeric glucagon has an extended flexible structure. Self-association to trimers and higher oligomers is accompanied by the formation of helix. It is probable that a helical conformer is also stabilized when glucagon binds its membrane receptor. © 1979.
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