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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 11, Pages 9840-9846Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M312749200
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The alpha and beta subunits of alpha/beta heterodimeric integrins function together to bind ligands in the extracellular region and transduce signals across cellular membranes. A possible function for the transmembrane regions in integrin signaling has been proposed from structural and computational data. We have analyzed the capacity of the integrin alpha(2), alpha(IIb), alpha(4), beta(1), beta(3), and beta(7) transmembrane domains to form homodimers and/or heterodimers. Our data suggest that the integrin transmembrane helices can help to stabilize heterodimeric integrins but that the interactions do not specifically associate particular pairs of alpha and beta subunits; rather, the alpha/beta subunit interaction constrains the extramembranous domains, facilitating signal transduction by a promiscuous transmembrane helix-helix association.
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