If an optically active molecule has a positive CD, then its enantiomer will have a negative CD of exactly the same magnitude.

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The SH2 domain binds strongly to a critical four-residue core sequence containing peptide:  Phosphotyrosine–glutamic acid–glutamic acid–isoleucine

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Binding resembles the insertion of a two-pronged “plug”—the phosphotyrosine and isoleucine side chains of the peptide—into a two-pronged “socket” in the SH2 domain.

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The receptor for erythropoietin, GH, prolactin, G-CSF, activates STAT5 (but not STATs 1, 2, 3, or 4)

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STAT homodimer has two phosphotyrosine-SH2 domain interactions

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 Phosphorylated STAT dissociates spontaneously from the receptor, dimerize & move into the nucleus.

 

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Erythropoietin,

• secreted by kidney cells

• promotes proliferation and differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells in the bone marrow to increase the number of mature red cells in the blood