Crystal structure and mapping by site-directed mutagenesis of the collagen-binding epitope of an activated form of BM-40/SPARC/osteonectin.
Sasaki, T., Hohenester, E., Gohring, W., Timpl, R.(1998) EMBO J 17: 1625-1634
- PubMed: 9501084 
- DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.6.1625
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1NUB - PubMed Abstract: 
The extracellular calcium-binding domain (positions 138-286) of the matrix protein BM-40 possesses a binding epitope of moderate affinity for several collagen types. This epitope was predicted to reside in helix alphaA and to be partially masked by helix alphaC ...