FIGURE 13.4.. Modifications of thrombospondin type-1 repeats (TSRs).

FIGURE 13.4.

Modifications of thrombospondin type-1 repeats (TSRs). These repeats have six conserved Cys (yellow), three disulfide bonds (gray lines), and consensus sites for O-fucose (red) and C-mannose (pink) addition. W, tryptophan; S, serine; T, threonine; X, any amino acid. (Modified, with permission, from Haltiwanger RS. 2004. In Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry [ed. Lennarz WI, Lane MD], Vol. 2, pp. 277–282, © Elsevier.)

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