title: Latent TGF-beta binding proteins.
abstract: Latent TGF-beta binding proteins are multidomain proteins with a common, highly repetitive structural organization and partially overlapping expression patterns. Latent TGF-beta binding protein-1, -3 and -4 bind latent TGF-beta. TGF-betas are normally secreted as latent complexes, consisting of the mature TGF-beta dimer non-covalently bound to its processed propeptide dimer plus a latent TGF-beta binding protein. The latent TGF-beta binding protein is covalently bound to the propeptide. These binding proteins may perform at least two functions: structural, as components of the matrix, and regulatory, as modulators of TGF-beta availability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, New York University, School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Todorovic
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jurukovski
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dabovic
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Rifkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D053779:Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins; D011485:Protein Binding; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D053779:Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta