Identification of another member of the transforming growth factor type beta gene family.
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ten Dijke P, Hansen P, Iwata KK, Pieler C, Foulkes JG
Identification of another member of the transforming growth factor type beta gene family.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Jul;85(13):4715-9.
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We report here the complete amino acid sequence of another member of the type beta transforming growth factor gene family, deduced from the nucleotide sequence of three overlapping cDNA clones. The C-terminal 112 amino acids share approximately 80% sequence identity with type beta 1 and beta 2 transforming growth factors, with many of the remaining differences being conservative substitutions. By analogy to type beta 1 and type beta 2 transforming growth factors, we predict the protein to be synthesized as a 412 amino acid precursor that undergoes proteolytic cleavage to produce the mature polypeptide.