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1633883

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
We have constructed several hybrid human interleukin-6 (IL-6) variants in which the carboxyl-terminus, which includes a receptor binding site of IL-6 has been replaced with the C-terminus of various proteins homologous to human IL-6. IL-6 hybrids with the C-terminus of human growth hormone and human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor maintain part of the biological activity of human IL-6. Replacing the C-terminus of human IL-6 with the C-terminus of mouse and rat IL-6 resulted in a normal or increased activity on a mouse cell line; however, this gave a low (to 200-fold less) activity on a human cell line compared to wild-type human IL-6. We therefore conclude that the C-terminus of IL-6 plays an important role in the species specificity of IL-6.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
306
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Construction and functional analysis of hybrid interleukin-6 variants. Characterization of the role of the C-terminus for species specificity.
pubmed:affiliation
University of North Carolina, Department of Pathology, Chapel Hill.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article