Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8334269 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2012 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Caf1 is a deadenylase component of the CCR4-Not complex. Here we found that the removal of the N-terminus resulted in a 30% decrease in human Caf1 (hCaf1) activity, but had no significant influence on main domain structure. The removal of the N-terminus led to a decrease in the thermal stability, while the existence of the N-terminus promoted hCaf1 thermal aggregation. Homology modeling indicated that the N-terminus had a potency to form a short α-helix interacted with the main domain. Thus the N-terminus played a role in modulating hCaf1 activity, stability and aggregation.
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Authors
Li-Kui Feng, Yong-Bin Yan,