Molecular BiologyJournal of Biological ChemistryPeer-reviewed
Collagen IV of basement membrane: V. Bromide-mediated sulfilimine bonds interlock the quaternary structure of NC1-hexamer of scaffolds enabling metazoan evolution.
Bradley P. Clarke, Vadim K. Pedchenko, Tetyana V. Pedchenko…·Billy G. Hudson
The paper shows that sulfilimine bonds stabilize the quaternary structure of Col-IV121 hexamers across species and that bromide-mediated bond formation is evolutionarily conserved.