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1Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. vdoetsch@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Structure (London, England : 1993)
|May 14, 2011
Abstract:
The structure of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) in complex with a peptide containing an N(ɛ)-carboxy-ethyl-lysine (CEL) (Xue et al., 2011) shows how the modification of the lysine side chain is recognized without specific interaction with the peptide.
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