The L6 Membrane Proteins--a New Four-transmembrane Superfamily

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Journal Protein Sci

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2000 Sep 7

PMID 10975581

Citations 51

Authors

M D Wright

J Ni

G B Rudy

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Abstract

L6, IL-TMP, and TM4SF5 are cell surface proteins predicted to have four transmembrane domains. Previous sequence analysis led to their assignment as members of the tetraspanin superfamily. In this paper, we identify a new sequence (L6D) that is strikingly similar to L6, IL-TMP, and TM4SF5. Analyses of these four sequences indicate that they are not significantly related to genuine tetraspanins, but instead constitute their own L6 superfamily.

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