1. University of Nottingham, UK

Abstract

The TAM receptor family, named from the first letter of each of its constituents, respond to growth arrest specific protein 6 and protein S. These ligands are secreted plasma proteins which undergo vitamin K-dependent post-translational modifications generating carboxyglutamate-rich domains which are able to bind to negatively-charged surfaces of apoptotic cells. Members of this RTK family represented a novel structural motif, when originally sequenced.

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