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Nidogen, G2 domain; Nidogen is an important component of the basement membrane, an extracellular sheet-like matrix. Nidogen is a multifunctional protein that interacts with many other basement membrane proteins, like collagen, perlecan, lamin, and has a potential role in the assembly and connection of networks. Nidogen consists of 3 globular domains (G1-G3), G3 is the lamin-binding domain, while G2 binds collagen IV and perlecan. Also found in hemicentin, a protein which functions at various cell-cell and cell-matrix junctions and might assist in refining broad regions of cell contact into oriented, line-shaped junctions. Nidogen G2 consists of an N-terminal EGF-like domain (excluded from this alignment model) and an 11-stranded beta-barrel with a central helix, a topology that exhibits high structural similarity to the green flourescent proteins of Cnidaria.
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