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Antiparallel protocadherin homodimers use distinct affinity- and specificity mediating regions in cadherin repeats 1-4
John M. Nicoludis, Bennett E. Vogt, Anna G. Green…·Rachelle Gaudet
The paper determines the structure of human PcdhYB3's antiparallel EC1-4 homodimer and shows that subfamily-specific specificity arises from loop region diversification, while EC1/EC4 interfaces use hydrophobic interactions for non-selective dimerization.
DOI 10.7554/elife.18449