Medical Definition of Apple domain
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A consensus sequence, composed of 90 amino acids including 6 cysteines, that forms a characteristic, vaguely apple shaped, pattern via disulphide bridges. Shared by plasma kallikrein and coagulation factor XI, both serine proteases.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(22 Feb 2008)
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