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PROSITE documentation PDOC00584Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor signature
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) [1,2] is a cytokine that acts in hematopoiesis by stimulating the growth and differentiation of hematopoietic precursor cells from various lineages, including granulocytes, macrophages, eosinophils and erythrocytes.
GM-CSF is a glycoprotein of about 120 amino acid residues that contains four conserved cysteine residues involved in two disulfide bonds, as shown in the following schematic representation.
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'C': conserved cysteine involved in a disulfide bond. '*': position of the pattern.
As a signature pattern, we selected the region that includes the second and third conserved cysteines.
Last update:May 2004 / Text revised.
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| 1 | Authors | Morstyn G. Burgess A.W. |
| Title | Hemopoietic growth factors: a review. | |
| Source | Cancer Res. 48:5624-5637(1988). | |
| PubMed ID | 2458827 |
| 2 | Authors | Walter M.R. Cook W.J. Ealick S.E. Nagabhushan T.L. Trotta P.P. Bugg C.E. |
| Title | Three-dimensional structure of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. | |
| Source | J. Mol. Biol. 224:1075-1085(1992). | |
| PubMed ID | 1569568 |
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