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Function
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Structure
- primarily composed of Gly, Val, Ala, & Pro
- made by linking many soluble tropoelastins, in a reaction catalyzed by lysyl oxidase, to make a massive insoluble, durable cross-linked array
- cross-linking is via Lys
- most abundant cross-links in mature elastin fibers are lysinonorleucine, allysine aldol, desmosine, & isodesmosine
- hydroxylation on proline residues within the sequence motif, GXPG
Compartment
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Expression
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Internet Database
UniProt: [1]
OMIM: 130160
References
- Wikipedia - elastin entry [2]
- UniProt [3]
elastin (ELN)