CXCL122 (dimer)   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 8535

Comment: A constitutive dimer of human CXCL12α carrying two cysteine substitutions (L36C and A65C) promoting the formation of trans-peptide disulphide bonds which lock the dimer structure [2].
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References
1. Drury LJ, Ziarek JJ, Gravel S, Veldkamp CT, Takekoshi T, Hwang ST, Heveker N, Volkman BF, Dwinell MB. (2011)
Monomeric and dimeric CXCL12 inhibit metastasis through distinct CXCR4 interactions and signaling pathways.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108 (43): 17655-60. [PMID:21990345]
2. Veldkamp CT, Seibert C, Peterson FC, De la Cruz NB, Haugner 3rd JC, Basnet H, Sakmar TP, Volkman BF. (2008)
Structural basis of CXCR4 sulfotyrosine recognition by the chemokine SDF-1/CXCL12.
Sci Signal, 1 (37): ra4. [PMID:18799424]