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1: Genome Biol. 2006;7(5):216. Epub 2006 May 30.Click here to read Click here to read Links

An overview of the serpin superfamily.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne VIC 3800, Australia.

Serpins are a broadly distributed family of protease inhibitors that use a conformational change to inhibit target enzymes. They are central in controlling many important proteolytic cascades, including the mammalian coagulation pathways. Serpins are conformationally labile and many of the disease-linked mutations of serpins result in misfolding or in pathogenic, inactive polymers.

PMID: 16737556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1779521

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