Erythropoietin receptor

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== Relevance ==
== Relevance ==
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EpoR rescues red blood cells progenitors from apoptosis.
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EpoR rescues red blood cells progenitors from apoptosis. Beneficial mutations of EpoR result in increase of red blood cell number and hence better athletic performance.
== Disease ==
== Disease ==
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Mutations in EpoR are the cause of erythroleukemia and erythrocytosis.
== Structural highlights ==
== Structural highlights ==

Revision as of 14:43, 20 January 2016

Human erythropoietin receptor (grey and green) complex with erythropoietin (pink) (PDB code 1cn4)

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3D Structures of erythropoietin receptor

Updated on 20-January-2016

1ern – hEpoR extracellular domain - human
2mv6 – hEpoR transmembrane domain - NMR
1ebp, 1eba – hEpoR extracellular domain + Epo peptide
1cn4, 1eer – hEpoR extracellular domain (mutant) + Epo (mutant)
2jix – hEpoR extracellular domain + antibody
4y5x, 4y5v – hEpoR extracellular domain + diabody

References

  1. Youssoufian H, Longmore G, Neumann D, Yoshimura A, Lodish HF. Structure, function, and activation of the erythropoietin receptor. Blood. 1993 May 1;81(9):2223-36. PMID:8481505

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